Patna, March 19. (PTI): Security was today stepped up in Bihar's naxal-hit districts following a 24-hour bandh called by CPI (Maoists) in Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal from midnight tonight to protest police firing at Nandigram in which 14 persons were killed.
Official sources told PTI that all the police stations in naxal-affected districts of Gaya, Aurangabad, Jehanabad Sitamarhi, Sheohar, East Champaran, West Champaran, Nawada and Rohtas were put on a maximum alert.
Patrolling was intensified to guard railway tracks considered soft targets of naxalites. Besides, special security attention was being paid to protect vital installations, the sources said.
Meanwhile, the East Central Railway cancelled several Express trains, including 3348 Palamu Express, 3347 Palamu Express, 3348a Link Express between Garhwa and Singrauli, 3347 Link Express, 4370a Triveni Express and 4369 Link Express, besides several passengers trains as a precautionary measure.
Routes of some trains passing through the State were also changed, railway sources said.
Official sources told PTI that all the police stations in naxal-affected districts of Gaya, Aurangabad, Jehanabad Sitamarhi, Sheohar, East Champaran, West Champaran, Nawada and Rohtas were put on a maximum alert.
Patrolling was intensified to guard railway tracks considered soft targets of naxalites. Besides, special security attention was being paid to protect vital installations, the sources said.
Meanwhile, the East Central Railway cancelled several Express trains, including 3348 Palamu Express, 3347 Palamu Express, 3348a Link Express between Garhwa and Singrauli, 3347 Link Express, 4370a Triveni Express and 4369 Link Express, besides several passengers trains as a precautionary measure.
Routes of some trains passing through the State were also changed, railway sources said.
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