Maoists blow up tracks in Palamau

JHARKHAND: Naxalites blew up a railway station building and tracks near Medininagar in Palamau district, disrupting train services, police said on Thursday.

The ultras blew up the Chianki station building, about ten km from Medininagar, and exploded bombs on the tracks in the area last night, Deputy Commissioner Amitabh Kaushal said here on Thursday.

Polling for the Palamau Lok Sabha constituency has already taken place on April 16. The railway teams from Barwadih and Dhanbad were on their way to the spot, about 150 km from the state capital Ranchi, to repair the tracks.