Jharkhand: Suspected Naxals blow up portion of railway tracks on Howrah-New Delhi line
Giridih, January 27: Suspected Naxals blew up a portion of railway tracks on the Howrah-New Delhi line between Chichaki and Chaudhary bandh railway stations in Jharkhand's Giridih.
As a precautionary measure, the movement of trains on the Howrah-Gaya-New Delhi rail route has been stopped soon after the incident was reported. Along with this, the routes of some trains have also been changed.
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As of now, there has been no significant damage to the railway track. It may be recalled that Naxals had called a bandh in Bihar-Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, they blew up a portion of the railway track in Jharkhand's Giridih. After the incident, the Naxalites have also left a note.
According to Rajesh Kumar, CPRO of East Central Railway, the blast took place between Karamabad-Chichaki station in the Dhanbad division.
Following the information, the operations on the incoming and outgoing line on the Gomo-Gaya (GC) section of the Howrah-Delhi rail route have been suspended due to security reasons.
Following trains have been stopped:
