NEW DELHI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Naxals in India's eastern state of Jharkhand blew up a railway track by detonating it with a bomb, thereby affecting train services, India's state-run broadcaster - All India Radio said Monday.
The railway track was damaged due to an explosion between Chichaki and Karmabaand railway stations under Dhanbad railway division.
"The explosion occurred around 12:40 a.m. (local time) in the night," the broadcaster said.
AIR quoted a railway official at Dhanbad Manoj Kumar Akhouri as saying that the route has been disturbed and trains were being halted at different stations.
"Track repair work is being done," the official said. "The major trains affected due to this incident are Kalka Express, Hatia Patna express, Howrah Dehradun Express, Kolkata Rajdhani Express, Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express, Ranchi Rajdhani Express."
The disruption in the train services has also affected various goods trains on the route.
Reports said the Naxals also torched a vehicle in Giridih district.
Naxal insurgency has its genesis in the violent left-wing rebellion that began in 1967 at village Naxalbari in Indian state of West Bengal.
Currently, they are active in more than a third of India's 600-odd districts across central and eastern India.
