India | Posted on Dec 04, 2011 at 01:44pm IST

Maoist bandh: mobile tower set on fire in Bihar

Press Trust of India

Aurangabad (Bihar): As a two-day Bharat bandh called by the Maoists began on Sunday, unidentified Naxalites set on fire a mobile tower in Bihar's naxal-infested Aurangabad district in the early hours, police said.

The naxalites, said to be about a dozen of them, stormed into Suhi village under Kutumba police station area and set on fire the mobile tower of private operator Airtel, police said.

A case has been registered in this connection and raids were being carried out to nab the ultras, they said.

Maoist bandh: mobile tower set on fire in Bihar

Meanwhile, railway service in Aurangabad district was hit badly and several passenger trains running through the district cancelled after the Maoists blew tracks in neighbouring Jharkhand, railway sources said.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Sone Nagar, Bagaha-Bishunpur, Korha, Bakri Salaiyya and Navinagar Road in the district since last night due to cancellation of several trains in this route, the sources said.

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