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Activists of the banned Maoist organisation have blown up an under-construction panchayat building at Dumbuli village in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand early on Sunday morning. According to Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Kumar Jha around 30 ultras equipped with fire-arms blew up the building in the wee hours. The police rushed to the spot and a massive combing operation was launched to track down the red ultra in the region, he added. Earlier on Friday, Maoist activists had set on fire a crusher plant in Manoharpur and torched three earthmovers at Sonua.