Naxalites blow up Adivasi students hostel

Dhanbad, Mar 15 (UNI) Proscribed CPI (Maoist) extremists today blew up an Adivasi students hostel at Palma village under Dundi police station of the district, police said.

However, no one was injured in the explosion.

The hostel, which was under the state Welfare department, was undergoing repairing works and the students had vacated the hostel earlier.

Police have launched a massive combing operation to apprehend the extremists.

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