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Train movement disrupted in Bihar after Maoists attack railway station

maoist-railway-attack-ani A room in the Masudan Railway station that was attacked by Maoists | ANI

Armed Maoists on Wednesday abducted an assistant station master (ASM) and a porter from a railway station in Munger district in Bihar and set on fire the signalling panel, disrupting railway traffic early on Wednesday.

Around 15 Maoists including women attacked Masudan railway station around 2am, said Kripasagar, SHO of GRP police station at Jamalpur.

They caught hold of ASM Mukesh Kumar and porter Nirendra Mandal and took them away.

The leftwing extremists also set ablaze the signalling panel and threw official papers into the fire, the SHO said.

He said railway traffic was disrupted on Jamalpur-Kiul section for about an hour due to torching of the signalling panel. Movement of trains was restored partially after the fire was extinguished. However,

the Eastern Railway halted three trains on the Kiul-Jamalpur-Bhagalpur section of Malda Division following the attack.

Efforts were on to trace the abducted railway personnel and secure their release, the SHO said.

The attack came on a day when Maoists had called for a 24-hour bandh across Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand in protest at operations against them.

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