<p>Passengers travelling in the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a close shave when a portion of railway track was blown up between Rafiganj and Gaya station in Bihar.<br /><br />The explosion occurred shortly before the train was to pass through that section.<br /><br />Railway sources believe it to be the handiwork of Maoists, who had given a bandh call from midnight of July 22 to protest the police firing in neighbouring Aurangabad district.<br /><br />A pilot engine running ahead of the Rajdhani derailed, following the explosion on the track. No casualty or injury was reported in the incident. However, the movement of trains on Howrah-Delhi route, passing through Gaya, was paralysed for several hours.<br /> <br />“Though no casualty was reported, many trains, including three Rajdhanis, remained stranded at different stations on Howrah-Delhi section,” said A K Razak, chief public relations officer of the East central Railway here on Wednesday.<br /><br />It may be recalled that the New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express had derailed last month near Chapra in which four persons were killed and several others seriously injured.</p>
<p>Passengers travelling in the Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express had a close shave when a portion of railway track was blown up between Rafiganj and Gaya station in Bihar.<br /><br />The explosion occurred shortly before the train was to pass through that section.<br /><br />Railway sources believe it to be the handiwork of Maoists, who had given a bandh call from midnight of July 22 to protest the police firing in neighbouring Aurangabad district.<br /><br />A pilot engine running ahead of the Rajdhani derailed, following the explosion on the track. No casualty or injury was reported in the incident. However, the movement of trains on Howrah-Delhi route, passing through Gaya, was paralysed for several hours.<br /> <br />“Though no casualty was reported, many trains, including three Rajdhanis, remained stranded at different stations on Howrah-Delhi section,” said A K Razak, chief public relations officer of the East central Railway here on Wednesday.<br /><br />It may be recalled that the New Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express had derailed last month near Chapra in which four persons were killed and several others seriously injured.</p>
