Centre warns of hostage-like situation in coming months

New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) The Indian government Wednesday
warned that the incident of seizure of a train by
Maoist-backed tribals could take place in future also as
Naxals continued to pursue their agenda of so called armed
revolution.

Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai said as long as the
Maoists have their one-point agenda of so called armed
revolution, they would continue to carry out incidents like
the one Tuesday in the months to come.
"In the months to come, this is something, I think, the
country should be prepared for," Pillai told reporters here.
Armed Maoist-backed tribal activists seized the
Bhubaneswar-Delhi Rajdhani Express in West Midnapore district
in West Bengal (India's eastern state) but the train was freed
by security forces after a five-hour hostage drama.
Describing the incident as nothing but "publicity stunt",
the Home Secretary said the entire operation was planned and
executed by armed Maoists and not by local outfit People's
Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA).
"This was an operation, planned operated and executed by
the Maoists using the tribals as front," he said adding the
PCPA "itself has lost its relevance". PTI ACB