Raipur: Naxals destroyed a newly constructed
police station using explosives in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
district, police said on Wednesday.
Following the incident which took place on Monday night,
the state government transferred Dantewada SP Ankit Garg and
posted him at police headquarters here, official sources said.
A group of 50 Maoists assembled at the police station
near Geedam area and asked the labourers present there to
leave. They blasted the building using huge amount of
explosives, police said, adding there were no reports of any
casualty.
The police station, which was completely destroyed, was
recently constructed at a cost of Rs 30 lakh, but it didn't
have adequate security, they said.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 00:46