Nagpur: In two separate incidents, Naxals attacked a police patrol on Thursday and set fire to a village panchayat building in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district, a day after Home Minister P Chidambaram appealed to them for peace.
According to a police official of Gadchiroli police headquarters, a gang of Naxals on Wednesday evening set fire to the Ramgad village panchayat building, burning all records, furniture and fittings there.
On Thursday afternoon, around 1300 hrs IST, a mob of around 150 Naxals attacked a police patrol in the forests, around a kilometre from Lahiri village police station.
Two policemen have sustained minor injuries in the firing that lasted for nearly three hours on Thursday.
When the firing stopped, security forces have launched combing operations in the forests to weed out the Naxals.
Senior police and civil officials are keeping a close tab on the situation, especially since the incidents came barely five days before the Maharashtra assembly elections scheduled for October 13.
Among the worst-hit by Maoist violence, Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra is situated around 180 km from here and 1,200 km from Mumbai. It borders Andhra Pradesh, where the Naxals had a stronghold for a long while.
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