Naxals strike at another village, tribals fight back

Inspector General of Police (Anti-Naxalite Operations), Pankaj Gupta, said the villagers, however, put up a fight, forcing the Naxals to retreat. ‘‘As a result, the building was only partly damaged,’’ he said.

Naxalites have, of late, stepped up activities in the district in tune with their strategy in all Naxal-affected states. ‘‘For us it is a border, for them it is not. Relatively, however, their activities in Chhattisgarh and AP are on a much higher scale and in-depth. In Maharashtra, we have always restricted them to the borders,’’ Gupta said.