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Maoist violence in Bihar, Jharkhand on second day of shutdown |
Maoists ransacked Banshipur Railway Station in Bihar 's Lakhisarai
district on the second day of their two-day shutdown. They torched communication
system installed in the railway cabin of the station. Besides, they took hostage
of three railway employees including station master. Later, they released them.
Rail traffic on Patna-Howrah section was affected and over two dozen trains were
stranded at several stations. Meanwhile, Maoists blew up a school building in
Jharkhand's Chatra district. According to sources, a group of armed Maoists packed
dynamites inside the Nawadih Middle School and triggered the blast. They are observing
a two-day shutdown in Bihar and Jharkhand in protest against the Centre's alleged
effort to put down the CPI (Maoists) movement by force. Tight security arrangements
have been made in Bihar and Jharkhand to avoid untoward incidents. Maoists are
active in 18 of the 24 districts of the State. Since Jharkhand was carved out
of Bihar in 2000, 614 civilians and 290 security personnel have been killed in
the state in Maoist related violence. |
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