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Maoists blow up railway tracks in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum

The incident occurred on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday between Goilkera and Posoita railway stations, around 150 km from the state capital Ranchi.

PTI

CHAIBASA: Members of the banned CPI (Maoist) blew up a portion of railway tracks in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, disrupting train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route, police said on Friday.

The incident occurred on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday between Goilkera and Posoita railway stations, around 150 km from the state capital Ranchi, West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Sekhar said.

"Security has been tightened in the locality. The repair work on the railway tracks has been started from early morning and the train services will resume very soon," he said, adding that Maoists also put up banners and posters in the area.

Notably, the banned outfit has been observing 'protest week' since December 16 and had called for a Bharat bandh on Friday.

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