Naxals blow up tracks; kill police informer during bandh
Naxals today blew up tracks on the Jhaja-Jasidih section of the East Central Railway in Bihar’s Jamui district and killed an alleged police informer in Orissa’s Sundergarh district to enforce a 72-hour bandh in five states.
About 40 Naxals blew up tracks late last night between Rajla and Narganjo railway halts near Kahba bridge, affecting movement of several long-distance and local trains, official sources said.
A 2.5-foot stretch of the up line and five feet of the down line were damaged in the blast, Additional Director-General of Police (Headquarters) U S Dutt said in Patna.
A spokesman for the East Central Railway, Dilip Kumar, said the damaged tracks were repaired this morning facilitating resumption of train services, the Punjab Mail being the first train to start its journey on the up track.