Maoists attack Odisha railway station to oppose
Modi visit
Around 15-20 Maoists stormed Doikalu railway
station under Sambalpur Division shortly after mid-night and ransacked
the station master's office, Chief Public Relations Officer of East
Coast Railway (ECoR), J P Mishra said.
Maoists attacked a railway station in Odisha's Rayagada district
early today, triggered a blast and put up posters protesting against the
proposed visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state next month.
Around
15-20 Maoists stormed Doikalu railway station under Sambalpur Division
shortly after mid-night and ransacked the station master's office, Chief
Public Relations Officer of East Coast Railway (ECoR), J P Mishra said.
The
ultras pulled out station master S K Parida and triggered an explosion in the station premises. Parida and a token porter Gobind Hikaka were
also detained by them for a brief period, he said.
The attackers snatched the walkie-talkie of the station master, and forced staff of a
goods train standing outside the station to shut down the engine, Mishra
said.
Rayagada Superintendent of Police K Siva Subramani, who
rushed to the spot, said minor damage was caused to the engine of the
goods train.
No railway staff or local people was, however, hurt
in the incident, the CPRO said adding control room has been able to
speak to the staff.
Train services through Daikallu, located
between Rayagada and Titlagarh stations, were disrupted for quite
sometime. A number of trains were stranded at Muniguda station, railway
officials said.
The Maoists left behind handwritten posters
opposing the policies of Narendra Modi government at the Centre and
Naveen Patnaik regime in Odisha, officials said.
In one of the
posters, the attackers opposed the proposed two-day visit of the Prime
Minister to Odisha on April 15 and 16 to attend BJP's national executive
meeting.
Some posters also criticised non-Odia officers being
appointed to senior posts in the state police as well as administration,
they said.
Director General of Police K B Singh said combing
operation has been launched in the area by CRPF and Special Operation
Group (SOG) personnel after the incident.
Railway officials said that
movement of goods trains with restricted speed had resumed after
security clearance, while steps are being taken for resumption of
express and passenger trains soon
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