Jagdalpur: Late last night over one hundred Maoists attacked over loading point site of Essar Company at Kirandul of Dantewada district and ablazed five vehicles pertaining to Essar, meant for loading and transporting the iron ore. One Maoist bearing award of rupees five thousand has been arrested in Durgkondal area of Kanker and gun recovered.

According to police, few months back the maoists had damaged the iron-ore transportation system by water force through some 335 kms long pipeline spread over by Essar Group in between Bailadila to Visakhapatnam which lead to transportation of Iron-Ore by truck. Last night, at about 11:45 pm some 100 Maoists equipped with arms attacked over loading site and burnt the five trucks standing in a queue for ore loading. The CISF cops present there took positions and countered the Maoist attack which forced the Maoists to escape away. While escaping the Maoists also damaged the weighing bridge installed by Essar.

This incident has been taken place on very 1^st day of Maoist martyr week, which has created panic around Bailadila area and iron ore transportation has been disrupted.

In another Maoist event disposed off at Kanker district one Maoist Sundher Podo bearing award of Rupees Five Thousand has been arrested today by the police in Durgukondal police station area today and a shot-gun alongwith 7 bullets have also been recovered by the police from the possession of arrested Maoist.