Maoist guerrillas blew up railway tracks

Maoist guerrillas blew up railway tracks and a
government office after attacking a police station in Bihar's Jamui
district early Friday. A group of armed rebels first attacked the
Lakshmipur police station and then blasted the block office of Jamui
district, about 200 km from here.

Later they blew up railway tracks at two places. The tracks were blown
up between Narganjo and Ghorparan stations in Jamui district and near
Ghoghi-Bariarpur village on the Jamalpur-Kiul section in Munger
district. This disrupted movement of trains on the Patna-Howrah route, a
railway official said.

An exchange of fire between policemen and the Maoists followed.

"Maoist guerrillas opened fire on policemen to create panic and
bombed the block office," reports said.

The Maoists have given a call for a shutdown in five east Bihar
districts - Jamui, Munger, Bhagalpur, Lakhisarai and Banka - to protest
the arrest and alleged custodial torture of a self-styled `area
commander' Kamlesh alias Deepak July 6.

A few days ago, Maoist rebels bombed the Chitriya block office near
Motihari, district headquarters of East Champaran.