Giridih: A portion of railway tracks in Jharkhand’s Giridih district was damaged due to a blast that was triggered by suspected members of CPI (Maoist) in the early hours of Thursday, an official said.
“Train services on the Howrah-New Delhi route were disrupted for around six hours after the explosion,” RPF Dhanbad senior commandant Hemant Kumar said.>
“A rail track between Chichaki and Chaudharybandh stations was damaged in the blast that was triggered by the Maoists,” he said.
“Train services between the two stations were stopped at 12:30 am after the explosion and restored around 6:30 am,” he said.>
“The panel clip of the rail track was damaged. Several trains on the route were diverted,” the official said.
The banned outfit had called for a 24-hour bandh in Jharkhand to protest against the arrest of its top leader Prashant Bose alias Kishan Da, who was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 crore on his head, by the Jharkhand police.>
Bose was the mastermind behind more than 100 incidents of attack and arson in Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.>
“Giridih superintendent of police Amit Renu reached the spot after the blast, and an investigation has been initiated,” an officer said.>
(PTI)