Maoists Blast Two Railway Tracks in Orissa

Continuing their mayhem, Maoist rebels have blown up two railway tracks in Orissa’s Sundergarh district between Bhalulata and Bishra, reported IANS citing officials.

“Two tracks have been blown up between Bhalulata and Bishra. Both the down and up tracks in the Howrah-Mumbai route were targeted,” VK Srivastav, divisional commercial manager of Chhatrapur division, was quoted as saying.

Report said that rebels detonated tracks using land mines at nearly 1.30 am and that the blast caused derailment of eight wagons of a goods train.

The freight train was travelling from Tatanagar near Ranchi to Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.