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Naxalites torch jeep in Koraput

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KORAPUT: Naxalites torched a commander jeep near Borgi in Narayanapatna block of Koraput district on Sunday evening. The naxalites who were in civil dress had asked the passengers to alight from the vehicle at Maijariguda in Bargi panchayat and accused the driver of carrying CRPF personnel to Borgi from Narayanpatna on a regular basis.

The naxalites had asked the driver to inform Srikant Choudhury, a businessman of Borgi and the owner of the jeep to stop helping the police by offering transportation in the locality and had torched the vehicle after taking it to a distant place.

In yet another incident suspected naxalites looted the houses of Narasingh Choudhury of Ullu Badi in Langalabeda panchayat and Giridhar Sahu of Maijariguda in Borgi panchayat after causing serious damage to the buildings. While no attacks were reported, the looting might be the creation of some local organisations, Deepak Kumar, SP of Koraput, said.

Refuting the reported allegations made by naxalites on the use of the torched vehicle by the police , he said that police had not used any such vehicle of the locality for transportation.

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