Maoists blow up rly tracks

The Maoists on the final day of their two-day Bharat Bandh on Monday blew up a railway track and a block office building in Jharkhand.

The Maoists on the final day of their two-day Bharat Bandh on Monday blew up a railway track and a block office building in Jharkhand.

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In a vengeful act, the rebels at Ladu More in Latehar district in harkhand, the scene of Saturday’s deadly attack on speaker Inder Singh Namdhari’s convoy, set ablaze the already damaged escort vehicle which carried the 10 policemen who were killed.

Train services came to a halt for hours in the Dhanbad Rail division after the rebels blew up track between Nishitpur and Matari stations.