Bhubaneshwar:A shutdown called by Maoists in Orissa on Tuesday kept the State's police on its toes, especially after the armed rebels burnt down a mobile phone relay tower, ransacked the sub-Division office and burnt down records at Machkund
in Orissa's Koraput district. Public transport was badly hit by the shutdown.
Paramilitary forces were deployed in large numbers in districts bordering Jharkhand
and Chhattisgarh to avoid untoward incidents. On Saturday, Maoists planted a land
mine at Jogipalur in Orissa's Koraput district, killing four civilians and injuring
two Special Operations Group personnel. The rebels damaged telecom mobile
towers
of BSNL and Airtel on Friday at Kudumulguma town in Malkangiri district. An
equipment box and generator sets were also damaged, causing disruption of the
telecommunications network.
