Maoists attack train in Bihar, three killed
14 Jun 2013 6:15 AM IST
In the Jamui incident, the police said half a dozen people were injured. ‘About 180 km from Patna, nearly 100 armed Maoists attacked the train between Bhului and Kunder railway halt. Jamui is considered a Maoist stronghold,’ the police said, adding: ‘Maoists stopped the train by forcibly applying the vacuum brake and opened indiscriminate fire in which two railway police personnel and some passengers were injured. Three of them, including a RPF personnel, succumbed to their injuries.’
Additional Director General of Police SK Bhardwaj said in Patna that Maoists also looted some ammunition and two rifles from the RPF personnel. ‘The main motive of the Maoist attack was to loot arms of the RPF escort party and they succeeded in their attempt,’ he said.
Bhardwaj expressed surprise over the Maoist attack on the train in broad daylight. ‘Maoists usually attack trains in the night but this time they attacked in the day,’ he said. Bihar police chief Abhyanand has directed the rail police and district police of Jamui and neighbouring districts to launch combing operations against the Maoists.
Railway ministry sources in New Delhi said the suspected Maoists, in a bid to snatch the weapons of the RPF personnel on the 1331 Dhanbad-Patna inter-city train service, opened fire at them. They said the security personnel returned the fire and a guard and a RPF constable were injured in the cross-firing. The train, which was detained for around one hour and 15 minutes, had since moved towards its destination and rail traffic was normal on the route, said the sources.
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