Naxals blow up several buildings of Jharkhand forest dept in West Singhbhum district

Several buildings of forest department were blown away by Naxals on late Saturday night in West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.

"In Barkela area, a forest guest houses and other houses where forest guards live were blown up using land mines by extremists between 1 to 3 am on Sunday," DIG of Kolhan Range Rajeev Ranjan Singh said.

Stressing that police have taken serious cognisance of the incident, he said that the security forces will conduct an "anti-Naxal operation" in the area. The DIG further appealed to the public not to support the Naxals.

Police and CRPF teams will soon nab them (Naxals), he added.

( With inputs from ANI )