Maoists blow up rail tracks, observe bandh

Maoists blow up rail tracks, observe bandh
Jamshedpur/Purulia (WB), Oct 3 (PTI) Maoists triggered
blasts damaging railway tracks at two places in east Indian
states Jharkhand and West Bengal, even as a bandh called by
them Saturday against the arrest of tribal leader Chhatradhar
Mahato evoked mixed response.

Railway tracks were blown up at Poisaita in Jharkhand
affecting train services in Chakradharpur division of South
Eastern Railway on the Howrah-Mumbai route.
"Maoists triggered the blast to blow up about 18-metre
rail track. None was injured in the incident," Railway Police
Superintendent Richard Lakra said.
Several long-distance trains, including Howrah-Bilaspur-
New Delhi Rajdhani Express, were detained at several stations.
Train services from Purulia district, bordering Maoist
strongholds of Jharkhand, to Jamshedpur were disrupted due to
another blast triggered by Maoists near Kantadih station,
about 20-km from Purulia town, in Adra division of South
Eastern Railway.
Both the Up and Down tracks were damaged by the blast late
Friday night, a railway official said.
CPI(Maoists) gave the bandh call to protest the arrest of
Mahato, convener of Maoist-backed People's Committee against
Police Atrocities in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on
September 26.
The bandh was total in the Maoist strongholds of Bankura,
West Midnapore and Purulia districts of West Bengal with shops
remaining closed and public transport off the roads. (MORE)
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