Naxals on Saturday blew up several buildings of forest department in West Singhbhum district, police said on Sunday.

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"In Barkela area, a forest guest houses and other houses where forest guards live were blown up using land mines by extremists between 1 to 3 am on Sunday," DIG of Kolhan Range Rajeev Ranjan Singh said.

The police officer further said that police have taken note of the incident and an "anti-Naxal operation" will be launched in the area.

Singh further appealed to the general public in the area not to support the Naxals.