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A group of seven to eight Maoists on Saturday blew up a police beat office in West Bengals West Midnapore District.
Kolkata, Aug 4 : A group of seven to eight Maoists on Saturday blew up a police beat office in West Bengal's West Midnapore District.
After asking all the occupants of the Locket beat office under Lalgarh police station to vacate, the rebels blasted the building with gelatine sticks, police said.
However, there were no reports of any injuries.
A search operation has been launched to nab the miscreants, police said.
Maoists operate in 13 of 29 states along the "red corridor", referring to a stretch from the Indo-Nepal border to the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
According to Home Ministry, 76 districts in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are 'badly affected by Maoist violence'.
ANI