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Maoists trigger explosion in Howrah-Mumbai train route

Suspected Maoists blew away a portion of railway tracks in the wee hours on Monday near here causing derailment of a goods train and disruption of train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route.

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Suspected Maoists blew away a portion of railway tracks in the wee hours on Monday near here causing derailment of a goods train and disruption of train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route.

A portion of the railway track at a place between Bhalulata and Jareikela, about 30 km from here, was blown up by suspected Maoists at 1:00 am leading to derailment of two wagons of a goods train, Rourkela railway station manager SK Panda said. However, there have been no reports of injury or casualty in the incident.

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