The Hindu : Naxals go on rampage

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2003

Southern States

Southern States - Andhra Pradesh

Naxals go on rampage

By Our Correspondent

MAHABUBNAGAR March 24. Naxalites of the PW went on rampage, blasting a restaurant, dormitory and other structures belonging to the Tourism Department at Farahabad in the Nallamala forest area under Mannanur police limits of the district late on Sunday night. Three private buses were also blasted.

The department had recently thrown open the resort with a restaurant, some deluxe rooms and some huts recreating the atmosphere of a tribal hamlet to attract tourists. The resort had become popular for visitors from the city and for film shootings. All the structures were blasted to smithereens by a group of 32 armed naxalites who used gelatine sticks.

It is said that before this act, they blasted three buses of Ramoji Film City which were returning after a three-day shooting schedule in Farahabad and other places in the forest. The total loss was estimated to be around Rs. 3.5 crores.

The naxalites handed over a letter to the crew of the film unit, which was signed by the district committee secretary, Sambasividu. It stated that they had resorted to the destruction in protest against the Chandrababu Naidu Government and also against the US war on Iraq.

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