NHAI office vandalised

Files burnt; pamphlets claim CPI(Maoist) role

January 30, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 08:55 am IST - Kochi:

The police inspect the office of the National Highways Authority of India at Kalamassery that was vandalised on Thursday morning.

The police inspect the office of the National Highways Authority of India at Kalamassery that was vandalised on Thursday morning.

The office of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at Kalamassery here was vandalised on Thursday by unidentified miscreants claiming affiliation to the Communist Party of India (Maoist).

In an attack similar to that at the office of Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. at Panampilly Nagar November last, the vandals pulled files out of the shelves at the NHAI office onto the floor and set fire to a few of them.

The incident occurred between 8.30 a.m. and 9.15 a.m..

The attack occurred on a day that Maoist groups in the State had declared to be ‘action day’ to take action against organisations that allegedly committed injustice.

The attackers left pamphlets protesting against the acquisition of land for National Highway expansion and privatisation of the agency’s works.

The pamphlets claimed that the attack was carried out by the CPI (Maoist). ‘CPI (Maoist)’ was also scrawled in black letters on the walls of the office.

Files burnt; pamphlets claim CPI(Maoist) role

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