Maoists blow up school building in Jharkhand

Latehar (Jharkhand): Maoists blew up a
school building at Banbirua in Jharkhand`s Latehar district, a
senior police officer said on Tuesday.

A group of armed Maoists stuffed dynamites and
triggered the blast late last night in the school at Banbirua,
Superintendent of Police Kuldip Diwedi said here.

There was no loss of life in the incident, he said.

Maoists blew up the structure to prevent the security
forces from using it as a make-shift camp during the ensuing
five-phase assembly elections starting on November 25.

A team of police personnel has reached the spot and
launched raids against the Maoist guerrillas, Diwedi said.

Bureau Report