"The government of India strongly condemns such mindless acts of violence and terrorism and hopes that all right thinking people will condemn such violence," it said. Describing the incidents as "violent", the government said "in West Bengal, Maoists blasted a railway track near Godapiashal railway station in West Midnapore district during the bandh period.
In Orissa, CPI (Maoist) cadres caused two blasts along the Howrah-Mumbai
trunk route in Bisra police station area, causing derailment of a goods train and exploded a bomb near a railway level crossing in K Balang police station area, both in Sundergarh district.
In Bihar, Maoists exploded can bombs between Kastha and Paraiya railway stations, Gaya district, causing damage to 2-3 feet of railway track leading to derailment of nine bogies of the Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express in which seven passengers sustained minor injuries in the intervening night of March 22-23.
In West Bengal, suspected CPI (Maoist) cadres cut off the overhead electrical wire between Sordiha and Khatkura railway stations in West Midnapore district causing disruption of railway traffic, it said.
The CPI (Maoist) called a 48-hour bandh yesterday in the states of Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
