One killed in railway blast by left-wing rebels in India

One passenger was killed and 25 others injured when extreme left-wing guerrillas blew up Thursday a train in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, the Indo-Asian News Service reported Friday.

The passenger train was blown up Thursday night derailing six coaches of the train.

"One person was killed and 25 others were injured when a passenger train was blown up between Manoharpur and Posaita railway stations. The injured are being treated in Orissa," Chakradharpur railway division public relations officer Vivek Srivastav told IANS.

The guerrillas blew up the Tatanagar-Bilaspur passenger train while it was passing through a forest, as the rebels believed that the train was carrying hundreds of paramilitary troopers, said the report.

The movement of paramilitary forces is taking place as elections are due to begin in Jharkhand Nov. 25.

Source: Xinhua