Cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) exchange fire with the Commando battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the forests of Nagowar and Ek Rupaya villages under Imamganj Police Station in Gaya District on March 10, reports daijiworld.com. The Maoist group also set up a Poclain machine (earth mover machine) of a road construction company -- Shri Ram construction -- at Piparwar village under Dumaria block in Gaya District. The Maoists also pasted a poster and maintained that as the contractor of the company did not receive their phone call, they have burnt the machine. The CPI-Maoist group is demanding ‘levy’ (extortion money) from the construction company.
Railway operations were disrupted for more than three hours on the Gaya-Dhanbad main route in Bihar on March 10 after a crude bomb allegedly planted by the cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) was found on the railway track near Guraru railway station in Gaya District of Bihar, reports daijiworld.com. Later, the explosive was defused by the bomb squad. The Maoists has claimed responsibility for planting the bomb to make its presence felt. Reportedly, the Bihar-Jharkhand Regional Committee of the CPI-Maoist had called a Magadh bandh (general shutdown strike) on March 10. The Maoists distributed warning letters in the villages under Magra and Imamganj Police Stations in Maoist-dominant Gaya District against the joint operations of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Bihar Police in the forest areas of the Gaya and Aurangabad Districts. In a letter, the Maoists have said that the CRPF’s Commando battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) battalion and the Bihar police explode bombs in the jungle which harms the environment.
The bandh (general shutdown strike) called by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) on March 10 had a severe effect in Maoist-infested Imamganj, Dobhi, Sherghati and other areas in Gaya District of Bihar, reports daijiworld.com. Also, schools, colleges, block offices and other Government offices were shut down in various blocks of Aurangabad such as Nabinagar, Kutumba, Dev, Madanpur, Rafiganj, Goh, Haspura, Daudnagar, Obra, Barun and District headquarter Aurangabad.