Police official confirmed that improvised explosive devices were used for the blast
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A building used as a panchayat office was blown up by Maoists at a village in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said on Friday.
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Improvised explosive devices were used for the blast, Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Shekhar told PTI.
The building was blasted by CPI(Maoists) at Kadamdiha on the intervening night of Thursday-Friday.
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The anti-naxal operation launched since January 11 in Kolhan area of the district following tip-off about the presence of top Maoist leaders, including Misir Besra who was carrying a bounty of Rupees one crore on his head, was continuing, the SP said.
(This is a developing story, we will update the piece as and when we receive more inputs)
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