Maoist bandh: Mobile tower set on fire, train services hit in Bihar

As a two-day Bharat bandh called by the Maoists began on Sunday, unidentified Maoists set on fire a mobile tower in Bihar's Maoist-infested Aurangabad district in the early hours today, police said.

The Maoists, said to be about a dozen of them, stormed into Suhi village under Kutumba police station area and set on fire the mobile tower of private operator Airtel, police said.

A case has been registered in this connection and raids were being carried out to nab the ultras, they said.

Meanwhile, railway service in Aurangabad district was hit badly and several passenger trains running through the district cancelled after the Maoists blew tracks in neighbouring Jharkhand, railway sources said.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Sone Nagar, Bagaha-Bishunpur, Korha, Bakri Salaiyya and Navinagar Road in the district since last night due to cancellation of several trains in this route, the sources said.