Maoists torch four vehicles of a construction company after proprietor refuses levy

GAYA: Maoists have torched four vehicles of a road construction company on Gaya-Goh road in Gaya district, a police officer said today.

About 20 armed Maoists barged into the camp office of the road construction company late last night and torched the vehicles before escaping, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ashok Kumar Singh said.

The ultras also snatched mobile phones from the workers and locked them in a room before indulging in arson, he said.

The Maoists carried out the attack on the construction company after its proprietor Kamlesh Kumar refused to pay levy to them, the ASP said.

Raids were being carried out to nab the perpetrators, he said.