Ranchi, June 9: Maoist guerrillas set on fire 13 vehicles involved in road construction works in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said.

Maoists raided the camp office of a private road construction company in Parlipose village and fired in the air before setting ablaze the vehicles, said an officer, adding the reason behind the attack could be denial of levy.

The company was constructing a 38 km road from Goilkera and Manoharpur.

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New Delhi (PTI): SpiceJet will operate 13 special flights from the UAE on Thursday to facilitate the return of passengers stranded due to the Middle East conflict.

"Of the 13 flights, 12 will operate from Fujairah and 1 will operate from Dubai. The airline will operate seven special flights to Mumbai, five special flights to Delhi and one special flight from Dubai to Mumbai," it said in a statement on Thursday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the airline said it operated 12 special flights from Fujairah to Delhi, Mumbai and Kochi.

The escalating conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran in the Middle East have significantly disrupted flight operations, leaving a large number of passengers stranded in various cities.