Simdega (Jharkhand): A supervisor and three labourers engaged in construction of a dam were abducted by Naxalites of a breakaway faction in Simdega district on Thursday night.
Superintendent of police Durga Oraon said the supervisor and three labourers were forcibly taken away from Dobhaya village where they were building Ramrekha dam by 15 to 20 actvists, suspected to be members of Mangal Nagesia group, who recently separated from Peoples Liberation Front of India (PLFI).
After the abduction, the ultras escaped in a pick-up van of the company towards Chattisgarh border, sub divisional police officer Varun Kumar said.
The ultras beat up two labourers of the company demanding levy, he said. Rupees five lakh, a double-barrel gun and 18 mobile
phones belonging to the employees were also reportedly snatched by them, he added.
The district police were conducting an aerial survey in the naxal-affected areas, the police said.
PTI
First Published: Friday, March 19, 2010, 15:14