KALPETTA: A group of people, suspected to be Maoists, vandalised a private resort at Tirunelly in the early hours of Tuesday.
The local police said six persons barged into the Agraharam resort and broke the windowpanes of the resort’s office building, staff quarters and reception centre. They destroyed the furniture, a computer, printer, and a phone kept in the office. They fled after sticking wall-posts demanding land for landless tribesmen and opposing cultivation of mushrooms in the resort. The posters also declared celebration of the 10th anniversary of the CPI (Maoist), the police said.
The resort suffered loss to the tune of Rs.2 lakh in the attack, the police added.
Senior police officers, including District Police Chief Putta Vimaladitya, visited the resort. “We could not identify which group was involved in the attack. A case has been registered,” Mr. Vimaladitya said. The police have strengthened security measures in the area.
