Bihar, December 23: Armed Maoists set ablaze seven vehicles of a private road construction firm at Badiha village in Bihar’s Rohtas district in the early hours today, police said.
Around 200 ultras stormed the office of SNP Infrastructure, confined its employees in a room and burnt the vehicles, the police said.
None of the employees were harmed during the operation, the police said.
Three road rollers, two pay loaders and a water tanker were among the vehicles burnt.
The private road construction firm was engaged in construction of a National Highway between Dehri-on-Sone and Tilauthu in Rohtas district.
Patrolling was intensified after the incident and a combing operation launched, the police said.
—PTI