Other MoA event in Jharkhand, Latehar District area, India on Sat 20th November 2021

Suspected Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadresblew up a portion of railway tracks in Latehar District of Jharkhand in the early hours of November 20, disrupting train services on the Barkakana-Garhwa route, reports The Free Press Journal. A blast took place on the railway tracks between Richughuta and Demu stations around 12.30 am, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP), Palamu Range, Raj Kumar Lakra said, adding, members of a CPI-Maoist squad blew up railway tracks in Latehar, disrupting movement of trains on Barkakana-Garhwa rail route. The banned outfit has called for a nationwide bandh on November 20 to protest against the arrest of its top leader Prashant Bose alias Kishan Da, who was carrying a bounty of INR 10 million on his head, by the Jharkhand Police. Bose was the mastermind behind more than 100 incidents of attack and arson in Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. DIGP, Lakra said the railway authorities are repairing the tracks.