PWG blasts rly station in Bihar

PATNA, Dec 24 (UNI) — Peoples War Group (PWG) extremists made yet another major attack on the Railways, bombing the Varuna station on the Arrah-Buxar section of the Eastern Railway’s Danapur Division late last night.

This was the third major attack on Railway property in Bihar during the past week.

State Director-General of Police K.A. Jacob told UNI here that 50 activists of the Naxalite outfit attacked the station around midnight. They asked the Railway employees to leave their post before blasting the station building.

He said that Railway property in and around the station area was destroyed and both up and down lines were partially damaged. The extremists also torched the nearby cabin affecting the signalling system on the route.

Mr Jacob said the ultras had left some leaflets owning responsibility for the incident. They called it was in retaliation to the killing of their five so-called area commanders, four in Andhra Pradesh and one in Bihar in police encounter recently.

Mr Jacob said senior police officials were camping at the station.