Maoists suspected of sabotaging train, 65 dead

[kazuya]

Maoist rebels are suspected of sabotaging a high-speed train in West Bengal on Friday, killing at least 65 people after it smashed into the path of a goods train, officials said.

Local television showed the mangled wreckage of capsized carriages across the tracks and the death toll could rise as many passengers were still trapped. At least 200 people were injured.

"As of now we have got information that 65 dead bodies have been recovered. There may be many more," Samar Ghosh, Home Secretary of West Bengal where the incident occurred told NDTV news channel.

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said a bomb had hit the train, but police said they were also looking at other sabotage methods such as the removal of the tracks' "fish plates".

"From whatever I have been told the apprehension is the Maoists were involved," Banerjee said.

Maoists suspected of sabotaging train, 65 dead | Reuters

[shawshankraj]

Communist Party of India also known as Maoist was found on 2004..It's the biggest internal security issue to our country..

[slikrapid]

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said a bomb had hit the train, but police said they were also looking at other sabotage methods such as the removal of the tracks' "fish plates".

so is it a bomb or a sabotage?
it may also be a railway mistake cover-up attempt, as nowadays its convenient to blame everything on some invisible 'others', like terrorists for example, not to mention it suits the governments to inflate the 'scare of terror' in order to get more votes on 'war on terror'