Communists blew up a portion of railway tracks in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday between Goilkera and Posoita railway stations, around 150 km from Ranchi.

Members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) blew up a portion of railway tracks in West Singhbhum district, disrupting train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route, police said on Friday.

“Security has been tightened in the locality. The repair work on the railway tracks has been started from early morning and the train services will resume very soon,” West Singhbhum Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Sekhar said, adding that Maoists also put up banners and posters in the area.

The CPM (M) ohas been observing ‘protest week’ since December 16 and has called for a Bharat bandh on Friday.