Three suspected extremists attacked at Jarandih railway siding at Kantaghar near platform no 1and open fired at different places late on Friday night disrupting coal loading at the siding for several hours. They also damaged offices and heavy vehicles, which were parked near Jarandih Kantaghar.
The attack on Jarandih railway siding near Kantaghar -1 on Gomoh-Barkakana rail section and damaging offices and trucks came after levy demands. Three armed Maoists perpetrated the attack on the railway siding , said Bokaro Thermal Officer-in Charge .The panic –stricken local official of CCl called the CCl top officials to inform that the Maoists had threatened to kill them if the coal loading will be continued, said local CCl staffs.
Sources said that the loading and transportation activities have been put on a halt since last late night. Three rebels owning allegiance to the Jharkhand Jan Mukti parishad damaged several trucks around 1am and partially destroyed an office. They also fired in the air and beat up the drivers and helpers, local residents said.
The rebels reached the railway siding and forced the local CCl personnel to leave the spot. Then they opened fired on vehicles parked in the camp. Before leaving the spot, the Maoists left behind some poster. Through these posters the Naxalites criticized the local contractors and the poster claimed that without their consent nobody will try to start their job in the area.
Bokaro SP, Kartik S termed the act of Maoists as part of their plan to divert attention of security personnel from some other place .