Kolkata/ New Delhi: Two police forces have filed contradictory complaints for the hijacking of a train by alleged Maoist supporters on Wednesday. The Railway Police’s FIR states that the New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was blocked by unknown persons. It doesn't mention the fact that an entire train was held hostage and hundreds of passengers were held up. The most startling omission in the Railway Police’s FIR is that there...
05:35 PM, Oct 29, 2009
New Delhi: Railway security is below standard at a time when trains are sitting ducks for Maoists. Is the railway equipped to handle a situation like the Jhagram Hostage crisis? CNN-IBN has learnt there isn't enough security on trains. Also is it the lack of coordination between the various agencies responsible for protection of the passenger security that is aggravating the problem. ...
12:11 PM, Oct 29, 2009
New Delhi: It was perhaps the most traumatic train journey for a passenger on board the Rajdhani train hijacked by the Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district on Tuesday. Passenger Gautam Das found himself stuck at Bokaro, after a five hour hostage situation by the Maoitsts. It wasn't the fear for his life but that of his mother that tore through his heart during the traumatic crisis, said Das....
01:53 AM, Oct 29, 2009
New Delhi: Passengers of the New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express reached the national capital on Wednesday--more than seven hours after they were held hostage by Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore and then released. As the train chugged to a stop at the New Delhi railway station here Wednesday evening, the tired but vastly relieved passengers jumped out of their coaches eagerly and made for the exit. The train was...
08:44 PM, Oct 28, 2009
New Delhi: Five hours after it was blocked by armed Naxals, the Rajdhani Express from Bhubaneswar finally left Banstala station for New Delhi. All the passengers are safe, checked by doctors who arrived by a relief train. The Rajdhani itself is in for minor repairs. ...
11:50 AM, Oct 28, 2009
New Delhi: Member of the Central Secretariat of the CPI(M), Nilotpal Basu spoke to CNN-IBN alleging that there was a nexus between the Trinamool Congress and the Naxals. ...
11:49 AM, Oct 28, 2009
This was not a sudden reaction but a carefully planned siege. ...
11:47 AM, Oct 28, 2009
The Minister expressed shock at the manner in which the train was detained. ...
02:02 AM, Oct 28, 2009
A map of the Naxal-affected areas in West Bengal and the adjoining areas. ...
09:02 PM, Oct 27, 2009
How the Maoist-backed tribal activists held the train hostage. ...
08:53 PM, Oct 27, 2009
Passenger recounts how armed Maoists forcibly opened the train doors. ...
08:30 PM, Oct 27, 2009
Central police force take control of train after 5-hour crisis. ...
07:50 PM, Oct 27, 2009
Police forces and rebels exchange fire in Bengal district. ...
06:49 PM, Oct 27, 2009
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