Ranchi:
The Jharkhand Police have sounded an alert in Giridih and Dhanbad in the wake of the brazen attack by Maoists on a train in neighbouring Bihar's Jamui district.
"We have alerted Giridih and Dhanbad following the incident," a senior police official said on Thursday.
A group of over 100 Naxals, including some women, attacked a passenger train in Bihar yesterday afternoon killing three people and injuring seven others.
According to the police, the rebels snatched weapons from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawans who were on board the Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express as a standard security precaution.
The train was attacked near Kundra halt around 1 pm just before Jamui railway station.
News agency Press trust of India reported that the Naxals surrounded the Patna-bound train and opened fire as it entered a forest area in Jamui. An RPF jawan and a passenger were among those killed; the driver of the train received bullet injuries.
The encounter reportedly lasted for half an hour, after which the train headed to its destination.