BJP leader from A’bad among victims of Maoist raid on train

Amit Thakkar, the national president of the BJP’s youth wing, who is originally from Ahmedabad, was among the passengers assaulted and robbed by Maoists on the Barbil-Howrah Janshatabdi express, on Saturday evening.

The passengers of three air-conditioned coaches of the train were attacked in a Maoist-infested zone on the border of West Bengal and Jharkhand.

South Eastern Railway sources said a five-member gang, most of them carrying firearms, boarded the train as passengers. The sources said the gang fled the train after pulling the emergency chain at the Maoist-controlled Kanimouli jungle between Chakulia station in Jharkhand and Gidhni station in West Bengal.
 (With agencies)