<p>Train services on the Gomoh-Barkakana section of East Central Railway were disrupted after Maoists set ablaze Dumri Bihar Railway station, an engine and valuable railway equipment, the police today said.<br /><br />The incident happened within East Central Railway's Dhanbad division in Bokaro district last night, the police said.<br /><br />Around 100 Maoists laced with firearms arrived at the station, forced the employees to leave and then they burnt the station, an engine of a goods train and valuable railway equipment kept at the station, railway sources said.<br /><br />They also took the engine driver's walkie-talkie before they fled the scene, sources said.<br /><br />Therefore rail services between Gomoh-Barkakana section were disrupted. Trains such as Gomo-Barkakana Passenger, Ahmedabad-Howrah Express, Jabalpur-Howrah Shaktipunj Express were stranded for several hours, sources said.<br /><br />The DIG (Bokaro) Saket Kumar Singh along with Superintendent of Police Y S Ramesh and Divisional Railway Manager (Dhanbad) rushed to the spot to investigate the incident.<br /><br />YS Ramesh said all the possible routes used by Maoists to move around were sealed. In addition, a massive search operation was launched to track down them.<br /><br />Ramesh said the ultras had plan to trigger a blast and had planted 40 can bombs in a series to cause damage to the security personnel.<br /><br />But the security personnel defused the bomb after getting a confidential information in this regard, he said.<br />An encounter between the Maoists and security personnel also took place in a jungle near Dumri Bihar, he added.<br /><br />Train services on the Gomoh-Barkakana section were restored today.</p>
<p>Train services on the Gomoh-Barkakana section of East Central Railway were disrupted after Maoists set ablaze Dumri Bihar Railway station, an engine and valuable railway equipment, the police today said.<br /><br />The incident happened within East Central Railway's Dhanbad division in Bokaro district last night, the police said.<br /><br />Around 100 Maoists laced with firearms arrived at the station, forced the employees to leave and then they burnt the station, an engine of a goods train and valuable railway equipment kept at the station, railway sources said.<br /><br />They also took the engine driver's walkie-talkie before they fled the scene, sources said.<br /><br />Therefore rail services between Gomoh-Barkakana section were disrupted. Trains such as Gomo-Barkakana Passenger, Ahmedabad-Howrah Express, Jabalpur-Howrah Shaktipunj Express were stranded for several hours, sources said.<br /><br />The DIG (Bokaro) Saket Kumar Singh along with Superintendent of Police Y S Ramesh and Divisional Railway Manager (Dhanbad) rushed to the spot to investigate the incident.<br /><br />YS Ramesh said all the possible routes used by Maoists to move around were sealed. In addition, a massive search operation was launched to track down them.<br /><br />Ramesh said the ultras had plan to trigger a blast and had planted 40 can bombs in a series to cause damage to the security personnel.<br /><br />But the security personnel defused the bomb after getting a confidential information in this regard, he said.<br />An encounter between the Maoists and security personnel also took place in a jungle near Dumri Bihar, he added.<br /><br />Train services on the Gomoh-Barkakana section were restored today.</p>