Maoists abduct train guard in Bihar

October 10, 2014 11:22

In what is probably the first incident of its kind, a train guard was allegedly abducted by suspected Maoists in Bihar's Jamui district, police said today.

D Gope, the guard of a passenger train travelling from Jesidih in Jharkhand to Kiul in Bihar, was abducted late on Thursday night near Narganjo railway station in Jamui by armed Maoists, a district police official said.

Police have launched search operations. Jamui is considered to be a Maoist stronghold. Maoists have in the past blown up railway tracks in Bihar and neighbouring Jharkhand, but have never abducted any personnel from the train.

-- MI Khan in Patna

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