A group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres set ablaze eight road construction vehicles in Nuamunda village under Madanpur Rampur Police limits in Kalahandi District of Odisha late on May 14, reports Pragativadi. Opposing the road construction, around 10-15 Maoists gathered at Nuamunda village late last night and set ablaze as many as eight vehicles including five tractors and a JCB parked along the road, Police said. Reportedly, the rebels had earlier put up posters in the area and attacked the said camp of Arati Infratech Private Limited in protest of road construction in the area. Soon after setting the vehicles on fire and triggering panic among the locals, the Maoists escaped into the forest. Police personnel have launched a search operation to arrest the rebels in the nearby forest.