Maoists blasted a culvert across a stream at Pedamidisileru village in Charla mandal on Wednesday coinciding with the Protest Day called by the rebels condemning the alleged attempts to dilute the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Maoist rebels blew up the low-level culvert by detonating explosive material on the cement concrete road between Pedamidisileru and Taliperu in the Telangana’s tribal heartland of Bhadrachalam Agency in the early hours of the day.
Vehicular movement on the CC road that connects the border villages of Charla mandal with the Maoist stronghold of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh came to a grinding halt following the incident, sources said.
Meanwhile, the Charla police unearthed three land mines allegedly planted by Maoists targeting the security personnel on the outskirts of Tippapur a border village in Charla mandal on Wednesday. A bomb disposal squad from Bhadrachalam rushed to the spot and defused the explosives under the supervision of local police officials.
