Maoists torch country liquor unit

 Maoists torched a country liquor unit at a village in Odisha's Balangir district, police said today.

Balangir: Maoists torched a country liquor unit at a village in Odisha's Balangir district, police said today.

A group of armed ultras stormed into the liquor making unit at Jamki village under Turekela police station limit late last night asked the security guard and other staff to go out.

They took the mobile phones of the staffs and then torched all the liquor stock and other materials, they said.

Some posters were found near the site with name of the banned CPI (Maoist), police said adding the posters attacked both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Naveen Patnaik accusing them of working against the poor.

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