Rourkela: Maoists on Friday exploded
a bomb in Meghatpur mine and planted another at Kiribur, both
run by public sector SAIL along the Orissa-Jharkhand border.
The attack comes hours after the Maoists blasted rail
tracks in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district that derailed
the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train leaving two passengers dead.
Senior officials in Kirbur told a news agency that a group of
armed Maoists stormed into the loading point in Meghatpur
mines on the Orissa side and exploded a bomb damaging the
conveyor belt.
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Loading and unloading of iron ore was severely
affected at Meghatpur mines under the Steel Authority of India
(SAIL) as a result.
In the second incident, the ultras planted a bomb in
the conveyor belt in Kiribur mines, about 15 km from Meghatpur
and 120 km from Rourkela on the Jharkhand side, but it did not
explode, the sources said.
Police and CRPF personnel defused the bomb.
There was no report of any casualty.
A Latehar report quoting Deputy Superintendent of
Police Ashwini Kumar said suspected Maoists shot dead a
ration dealer at a village in the Garu police station area
after raiding his house last night.
The DSP said about 20 armed Naxalites took the ration
dealer Kedar Baitha, whom they suspected to be a police
informer, to Maruhao village and killed him.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 13:03