Maoists blow up track, mobile tower in Jharkhand

Latehar (Jharkhand), Aug 24 (PTI) Maoists today blew
up a railway track in Latehar, about an hour after the
Rajdhani Express crossed the stretch, and bombed a mobile
tower in neighbouring Palamu district during a 48-hour bandh
called by them in five eastern states, including Jharkhand.

Train services were disrupted between Barwadih-Barkakana
route following the incident.

About 20 ultras blasted the track between Kumundi and
Hehegarha railway stations, about 150 km from Ranchi, Latehar
Railway station master P N Tiwari said here.

The blast occurred after the Rajdhani Express crossed the
spot at 5:30 am. The blast took place around 6:30 am.

Latehar Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Diwedi said the
blast was not targeted at any train.

In a separate incident in neighbouring Palamau, the
Maoists blew up a mobile tower early this morning.

About 50 armed Naxalites reached the site of the tower
situated on Aurangabad-Medininagar route in the district,
stuffed explosives before blowing it up, Deputy Superintendent
of Police Brajmohan Paswan, said here.

The blast left a big crater on the spot, about 200 km
from Ranchi, he added.

The CPI (Maoist) have said in a release that they have
enforced the two-day shut down in Jharkhand, Orissa, West
Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh following the arrest of two of
its senior members a couple of days ago in Bihar.

The police, however, have not confirmed their arrest.PTI
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