Information About Incident 37100-70552-168436 in Koriya India

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Times of India reports that around 20 armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in an attempt to block communication between villagers and Police looted the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) cellular and wireless in local loop (WLL) phones from residents of Churhatpat village under Samri Police Station in the Balrampur District in the evening of February 13.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Churhatpat Balrampur District
• Matched District: Koriya
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: villagers and Police
• Subject: the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited ( BSNL ) cellular and wireless in local loop ( WLL ) phones

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Times of India reports that around 20 armed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in an attempt to block communication between villagers and Police looted the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) cellular and wireless in local loop (WLL) phones from residents of Churhatpat village under Samri Police Station in the Balrampur District in the evening of February 13. Two villagers, identified as Sagar Yadav and Bandhan Ram, were assaulted for having given land to the BSNL to erect mobile towers. The land owners were asked to take their land back from the BSNL, Police said. Subsequently, the Maoists set ablaze the BSNL generator by using the diesel in its fuel tank at Sabagh village nearby.

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