By IANS,
Ranchi : Maoist rebels blasted offices of three candidates in the ongoing assembly polls, including a former leftist radical in the fray, in Palamau district of Jharkhand, police said Thursday.
Maoists set on fire posters and banners of the three candidates and later bombed their make-shift offices in Manatu area of the district, Shahsinath Jha, deputy inspector general (Palamau) told IANS.
He said the office of Ranjan Yadav, a former Maoist contesting from jail, was among those attacked.
The banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) has called for a boycott of the assembly polls.
The rebels have threatened to kill all former Maoists contesting the polls.
The five-phased Jharkhand assembly polls end Dec 18 and the counting of votes will take place Dec 23.