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NIGHTMARE JOURNEY OVER: The Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express ends its trip at New Delhi.

NIGHTMARE JOURNEY OVER: The Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express ends its trip at New Delhi.

Cops take no names in blame for train hijacking

Maoist supporters have been blamed for hijacking a train on Wednesday, but the FIR filed by the Railway Police doesn't name any one in specific for the crime. And the CRPF does. The Railway Police's FIR states that the New Delhi-bound Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express was blocked by unknown persons. A Maoist-backed group allegedly held up the train for more than four hours at Banstala Halt near West Midnapore's Jhargram station on Wednesday.

TRAIN SIEGE: At around 1400 hrs IST, the agitators stopped a goods train blocking the down line.

Train siege planned

This was not a sudden reaction but a carefully planned siege.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/train-siege-planned/104096-3.html

Maoist-backed tribal activists held the train hostage at a station in West Bengal

Rajdhani crisis timeline

How the Maoist-backed tribal activists held the train hostage.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rajdhani-crisis-timeline/104066-3.html

LIVING HELL: The passengers reportedly panicked and locked themselves in but were forced out of the train.

'We obeyed what Maoists said'

Passenger recounts how armed Maoists forcibly opened the train doors.

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/we-obeyed-what-maoists-said/104065-3.html

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