Gaya: In a major security lapse, Maoists exploded powerful bombs in 2 areas of Gaya district and blew up two mobile towers ahead of two election rallies of Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on today.
According to Superintendent of Police Nishant Tewari, nearly 100 Maoists gathered in the areas and blew up two mobile towers of a private company by exploding powerful bombs at Manjhauli and Dumaria Bazar villages late Wednesday night.
The ultras have called a bandh in the Maoist-hit districts of south central part of the state in protest against the killing of 10 of their cadres in Chhatra recently.
Modi is scheduled to address two election rallies at Maoist-hit Sasaram and Gaya this afternoon.
The Bihar government has decided to deploy 48,000 security personnel in six Maoist-affected Lok Sabha constituencies to ensure peaceful polling there. The six constituencies are Aurangabad, Jehanabad, Karakat, Jamui, Gaya and Sasaram.
Bureau Report
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