15 August in Bhagalpur 

About 40 Maoists blew up tracks late on Saturday night between Rajla and Narganjo railway halts near Kahba bridge, sources said.

The police said over 40 Ultras blew up 2.5 feet of up line and five feet of down line near Rajla station on Jhaja-Jasidih section of East Central Railway late on Saturday night. Jamui and adjoining railway stations are targeted by ultras at regular intervals and almost at will. Dense forests of Laxmipur provide safe cover to ultras.

Bihar additional director general of police (headquarters) US Dutt said jawans of GRP, RPF and local police have reached the site and massive manhunt had been launched to comb the Naxal-affected areas. He said security in other Naxal-affected areas of Gaya, Jehanabad, Nawada and Rohtas had been also beefed up to prevent any such incident.

In Orissa, the Maoists killed Sukura Oram on Saturday night after abducting him from his sister’s marriage ceremony at Kumakela village under the Chandiposh police station in Sundargarh district. His body with the throat slit was found on Sunday morning near Champajharan overbridge.

The Naxals have killed six persons during the past eight months, including two Citu activists and a police sub-inspector in Sundargarh district’s Bonai sub-division, the police said.

In Jharkhand, though the bandh passed off peacefully, the threat of violence kept transport off the roads. The state and national highways criss-crossing Ranchi and adjoining Gumla, Lohardaga, Palamau, Garhwa, Chatra, Giridih, Khunti, East Singhbhum and West Singhbhum wore a deserted look. Life remained by and large normal in towns of these districts.

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