Kolkata, Dec 30 (PTI) Train services were
affected in two sections of the South Eastern
Railway in the morning and evening as suspected
Maoists removed connectors of tracks and
squatted on tracks in Midnapore district, SER
sources said.
The Howrah-Kharagpur section was hit due to
removal of connectors near Gidhni station in the
morning, while its Kharagpur-Adra section
suffered due to a blockade between Midnapore
and Godapiasal stations in the evening.
Movement of trains in Kharagpur-Adra section
came to a halt after about 6 pm when members
of the Maoist-backed People's Committee against
Police Atrocities (PCPA) squatted on the tracks for
about five hours reportedly to observe 'martyrs
day', the sources said.
When joint forces engaged in anti-Maoist
operation in the district reached the spot, the
squatters had left after removing a slipper and
piling stones on tracks, sources said.
affected in two sections of the South Eastern
Railway in the morning and evening as suspected
Maoists removed connectors of tracks and
squatted on tracks in Midnapore district, SER
sources said.
The Howrah-Kharagpur section was hit due to
removal of connectors near Gidhni station in the
morning, while its Kharagpur-Adra section
suffered due to a blockade between Midnapore
and Godapiasal stations in the evening.
Movement of trains in Kharagpur-Adra section
came to a halt after about 6 pm when members
of the Maoist-backed People's Committee against
Police Atrocities (PCPA) squatted on the tracks for
about five hours reportedly to observe 'martyrs
day', the sources said.
When joint forces engaged in anti-Maoist
operation in the district reached the spot, the
squatters had left after removing a slipper and
piling stones on tracks, sources said.
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