Dantewada: Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada torched the locomotive of a freight train on Tuesday night. The incident occurred near railway pole number 435. The freight train was carrying iron ore from Kirandul in Dantewada district to the port city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Train movement has been disrupted on the line due to the incident. Security forces have rushed to the scene to clear the track.
The security force team has left for the spot and railway officials speculated loss worth in crores to Railway Property.
Superintendent of Police Siddharth Tiwari told ETV Bharat that "the incident happened on Tuesday night when the Maoists stopped a freight train carrying iron ore by blocking the railway track near pole number 435. The driver and the loco pilot of the goods train were brought down as they wanted to set the engine on fire. As we got the information, a force under the leadership of SDOP Kamaljeet Patle and Bhansi Thanedar was dispatched to the spot, and later rail movement was restored on the route by the railway team."
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