Maoists blow up panchayat building

BHUBANESWAR - Maoist guerrillas blew up a panchayat office building in Orissa’s Malkangiri district early Friday. No one was inside the building at the time of the blast, police said.

“About 20-30 rebels used landmines to blow up a building at Malavaram village,” a police officer told IANS.

Malkangiri district, 618 km from here, is considered a Maoist stronghold.