Kolkata:
Trains services in and out of West Bengal have been disrupted because of suspected landmines on train tracks near Jhargram in West Midnapore district.
But the bomb squad which was rushed to the spot found the mines to be duds. Several trains have meanwhile been held up in West Midnapore district.
Security forces that came to secure the Koraput Howrah Express noticed Maoist banners across the rail tracks early this morning and also spotted two landmine like object on the rail tracks which are currently being investigated.
Earlier during the week, the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express had a narrow escape when some unknown persons removed pandoral clips from a 400-metre stretch of railway tracks just before the train was to cross the area near Gidni station near Jhargram.
The patrolling railwaymen detected the removal of pandoral clips, connectors between two tracks, by a group of persons who were also trying to bend the line. They immediately informed railway authorities after which the movement of trains was stopped.
But the bomb squad which was rushed to the spot found the mines to be duds. Several trains have meanwhile been held up in West Midnapore district.
Security forces that came to secure the Koraput Howrah Express noticed Maoist banners across the rail tracks early this morning and also spotted two landmine like object on the rail tracks which are currently being investigated.
Earlier during the week, the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express had a narrow escape when some unknown persons removed pandoral clips from a 400-metre stretch of railway tracks just before the train was to cross the area near Gidni station near Jhargram.
The patrolling railwaymen detected the removal of pandoral clips, connectors between two tracks, by a group of persons who were also trying to bend the line. They immediately informed railway authorities after which the movement of trains was stopped.
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