Maoists blow up JMM MP's house

Medininagar: Suspected Maoists tonight blew up the vacant ancestral house of JMM MP Kameshwar Baitha, a former Maoist zonal commander who was released on bail on Saturday, in Palamau district.

"A group of Maoists stuffed dynamite in the vacant house of Baitha before triggering the blast at Danchabar village in Bishrampur, about 55 km from here," Superintendent of Police Anup Mathew told PTI.

He said the house was vacant and a police team was rushed to the spot.

Baitha, who was arrested on charges of 50-Maoist related cases obtained bail from Patna High Court on Saturday.

He held a press conference here yesterday and demanded that the government should empower panchayat bodies for speedy development.

Baitha, who had won on JMM ticket from Palamau in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from jail, is facing Maoist-related cases registered in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

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