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Rly staff killed, 1 hurt in Maoists' IED blast in Odisha

The New Indian Express Vellore

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August 04, 2025

A railway trackman was killed and another injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Maoists went off on the rail tracks under K Balang police limits of Rourkela police on Sunday forenoon.

- RPRASANJEET SARKAR

The deceased Atua Oram (37) and his injured colleague Budhua Munda (35) were scanning the tracks for possible sabotage attempt when the explosion occurred.

The violence came on the closing day of the Martyrs' Week being observed by the outlawed CPI (Maoist) outfit.

The incident occurred a few kilometres away from the Renjda station, about 110 km from Rourkela and close to the Maoist den of the Saranda forest in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.

The injured gangman has been shifted to a private hospital at Rourkela for treatment.

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