Maoists again blow up rail track in WB

Maoists targeted rail tracks once again today, when they blew up a railway track near Midnapore town in West Midnapore district of in West Bengal. The incident took place on the second day of the two-day shutdown call given by the rebels in three states of West Bengal, Orissa and Jharkhand in support of their demand for producing six of their detained leaders before a court. Police said that the rail slippers were blown off and a huge crater was created below the tracks at Puturia between Midnapore and Bhadutala stations owing to the impact of the blast, leading to the disruption of train services in the Kharagpur division.