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Maoists blow up telecom tower, torch truck in Bihar |
Maoists blew up a tower of a private telecom firm and torched a truck in
Bihar's Sheohar district last night. According to officials, around 45 to 50
Maoists blew up the Airtel tower at Brindaban Bazar and asked villagers to stay
at home. Around 45-50 ultras swooped on the Brindaban Bazar. Earlier, the Maoists
had ransacked the Banshipur Railway Station in Lakhisarai District. They torched
a communication system in the railway cabin of the station. They also took three
railway employees, including station master hostage for a shot while. The two-day
shutdown in Bihar and Jharkhand was organized to protest a Central Government
effort to put down the CPI (Maoists) movement. 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 Maoist related
violence. |
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