Maoists trigger bomb blast at a railway track in Bihar

Maoists blew up Delhi-Howrah railway track in Amamasilva village near Aurangabad district of Bihar. The incident is reported to have taken place around 11.30 pm on Tuesday.

Ghulam Shah, Electrical Driver said, "I saw the smoke, just after seeing the smoke there was a blast. I tried to stop the train coming from that direction. Sealdah Rajdhani, Howrah Rajdhani and Bhubaneswar Rajdhani were behind it."

Abdul Bashit, a passenger going from Allahabad to Gaya added, "There was a red light; on seeing the signal the train was halted. The pilot engine driver saved the lives of all the passengers. First around 20 paramilitary personnel reached the spot then around 150 policemen also reached but when the blast happened there was no protection for 10-15 minutes."

Gaya Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh, who rushed to the spot after the incident, said the explosion took place during the one-day bandh call given by the Naxals against police firing in Aurangabad and Rohtas districts recently.

The bandh was called from midnight Tuesday till midnight Wednesdy.

The ECR CPRO said that DN line has been restored in the early hours today and work was on to make the UP line, which bore the brunt of the explosion, functional during the day today.

The Magadh range DIG said that security has been tightened through deployment of additional forces to prevent untoward incidents during the bandh.