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In a major act of sabotage, suspected Maoists detonated landmines to blow up railway tracks between Karampada (Jharkhand) and Renjeda (Odisha) on Sunday morning, disrupting train movement through the Saranda forest region.
The blast occurred amid heightened Maoist activity during the ongoing 'Shaheed Saptah' (Martyrs' Week) observed from July 28 to August 3 by the Naxals, triggering a red alert along the Odisha-Jharkhand border.
As per preliminary reports, the explosion caused extensive damage to the railway line under the Bimalagarh section, though no trains were plying through the route at the time, averting any casualties. Th...