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Bihar | Naxal attack Masudan railway station, abduct 2 officials

Bihar | Naxal attack Masudan railway station, abduct 2 officials

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Property of the Masudan Railway Station was set on fire by Naxals during the attack. (ANI/Twitter)
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A group of Naxals attacked Masudan Railway Station in Bihar late Tuesday night and abducted two officials.

The attackers set ablaze the property of the railway station. According to the news agency ANI, two officials including Assistant Station Master were abuducted by the Naxals.

So far, the authorities have not reported about any casualty in the attack.

 

Maldah's Divisional Railway Manager got a call from the abducted assistant station master. He said that the Naxals have threatened to kill bot the officials if train services continue on the Masudan track.

All passengers have been requested to take other alternatives as a precautionary measure.

Eastern Railway detains 3 trains in Kiul-Jamalpur-Bhagalpur section of Malda Division in the light of Naxal attack at Masudan Railway Station, services have once again been stopped at Kiul point: Rajesh Kumar, CPRO Eastern Railway was quoted as saying by ANI.

Earlier this year, Naxals hijacked a train in Lakhisarai district of Bihar. Another incident was reported in October last year, where 20 Naxals allegedly attacked a railway station in Odisha.

Bihar is a part of 'red corridor' that passes through resource-rich areas of central, southern, western and eastern India and is mostly inhabited by underprivileged tribes.  

Since his election in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been seeking to stem the insurgency through development funds for the areas and improving policing.

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