Essar pays protection money to Maoists:
The Ruias-led Essar Group, which has mining interests in Chhattisgarh, pays protection money to Maoists to safeguard its operations in the state, a leaked US diplomatic cable said.
Maoists set five trucks of the Essar Group on fire in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district on Thursday, the second day of the week-long 'martyrs week' called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist.