Fear grips students as Maoists destroy school wall in Jharkhand's Latehar district
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Latehar, Sat, 16 Mar 2013 ANI
Latehar, Mar 16 (ANI): A feeling of fear and panic gripped students after a group of 20-25 Maoists destroyed the boundary wall of a government run school in Latehar district of Jharkhand.
The students were attending their regular classes when suddenly a group of Maoists entered into a scuffle with the school authorities and broke the boundary wall which was being built.
Principal of the government school, Prashad Betha, said that the Maoists hit school authorities and destroyed the boundary wall without any fear.
"The work of making a school boundary wall was in progress, the president of the village education council sponsored the work. A group of around twenty to twenty five Maoists came on Tuesday around 4 and said 'with whose permission are you making this wall, this is made so that the police can stay' after saying all these things they hit the official and destroyed the boundary wall," said Betha.
According to a source, the rebels broke the boundary wall as they feared that the security forces engaged in anti-Naxalite operations might use the school to camp.
In the scuffle one of the officials was severely injured and was undergoing medical treatment at an undisclosed location.
The Maoists also threatened the locals not to undertake any development work in the area without their permission.
The locals are living under fear and the Maoists also asked the labourers to stop the work.
Arshad Ansari, a student expressed his fear and said that the students are afraid and are not able to concentrate on their studies.
"At four in the evening, the Maoists destroyed the boundary wall. After this incident a feeling of fear and panic has gripped us," said Ansari. (ANI)
Latehar, Sat, 16 Mar 2013 ANI
Latehar, Mar 16 (ANI): A feeling of fear and panic gripped students after a group of 20-25 Maoists destroyed the boundary wall of a government run school in Latehar district of Jharkhand.
The students were attending their regular classes when suddenly a group of Maoists entered into a scuffle with the school authorities and broke the boundary wall which was being built.
Principal of the government school, Prashad Betha, said that the Maoists hit school authorities and destroyed the boundary wall without any fear.
"The work of making a school boundary wall was in progress, the president of the village education council sponsored the work. A group of around twenty to twenty five Maoists came on Tuesday around 4 and said 'with whose permission are you making this wall, this is made so that the police can stay' after saying all these things they hit the official and destroyed the boundary wall," said Betha.
According to a source, the rebels broke the boundary wall as they feared that the security forces engaged in anti-Naxalite operations might use the school to camp.
In the scuffle one of the officials was severely injured and was undergoing medical treatment at an undisclosed location.
The Maoists also threatened the locals not to undertake any development work in the area without their permission.
The locals are living under fear and the Maoists also asked the labourers to stop the work.
Arshad Ansari, a student expressed his fear and said that the students are afraid and are not able to concentrate on their studies.
"At four in the evening, the Maoists destroyed the boundary wall. After this incident a feeling of fear and panic has gripped us," said Ansari. (ANI)
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