"Maoists today blew up railway tracks and torched three trucks in Jharkhand and blasted a tower of a private telecom firm besides blocking roads in Bihar during a two-day shutdown called by them in protest against the Centre's decision to crackdown on Naxals.
In Jharkhand, Maoists blasted railway tracks at Jharandih in the Coal belt Industrial Chord section in Dhanbad which led to the Shaktipunj Express and local trains being held up at various points, Senior Public Relations Officer of Dhanbad Rail Division Amrendra Das said.
A group of 12 armed Maoists also set fire to three trucks in Giridih district's Isri area and blocked the Dumri-Giridih road with felled trees, Giridih Superintendent of Police Ravi Kant Dhan said. They also partially damaged a road bridge connecting Dumri to the Grand Trunk Road using explosives, the police officer said, adding gunshots were heard being fired in the area. "
In Bihar, armed Maoists bombed a tower of a private telecom firm with dynamite at Salaiya village and dug roads in Aurangabad district, officials said. They also dug up a 15 metre stretch of a road at Chanda village in the district disrupting traffic between Deo and Dhibra this morning. The Maoists left behind pamphlets claiming responsibility for the attacks, the sources said. - Source TOI
Our Country is being bled to death by Kashmir Extremists in North, Imported muslim terrorism in North and West, and Maoist Terrorism in the North and the North East. And we dont seem to have a deterrent. We have steadfastly refused to develope a world class internal security framework, revamp the judicial system to give exemplarary punishment to wanton killers and just lacks the political will and the administrative capabilty to face this grave threat to the nationhood.
The enemy is within , not outside. The Mumbai attack would never have happened without local assistance. Ditto any other terror attack. There are sympathisers to terrorism across the country. We need to weed them out. Prevention is always a better security option than deduction and punishment once the crime has been committed.
But the root cause of all these is the imbalance between the rich and the poor. The country is growing alright, but the benefits dont reach the common people. With 60% earning less than one dollar a day, there is serious discontentment that is being exploited by the terrorists. The long term solution to this is better governance and policies that bring benefit to all, not just Ambanis, Tatas, Mittels and politicians
