Chaibasa (Jharkhand) [India], July 12 (ANI): Several buildings of forest department were blown away by Naxals on late Saturday night in West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.

"In Barkela area, a forest guest houses and other houses where forest guards live were blown up using land mines by extremists between 1 to 3 am on Sunday," DIG of Kolhan Range Rajeev Ranjan Singh said.

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Stressing that police have taken serious cognisance of the incident, he said that the security forces will conduct an "anti-Naxal operation" in the area. The DIG further appealed to the public not to support the Naxals.

Police and CRPF teams will soon nab them (Naxals), he added. (ANI)

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