By IANS
Bhubaneswar : Armed Maoist rebels blew up the engine of a goods train in Orissa's Koraput district early Friday and escaped into the nearby forests.
The train was waiting for a green signal before the Darliput station at 12.30 a.m. when the explosion occurred, Abhimanyu Pradhan, an official of the Paduan police station, told IANS.
Over 30 rebels overpowered the driver of the goods train near Darliput village, around 600 km from here, and then triggered the blast, he said.
The train was travelling from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh to Kirandul in neighbouring Chhattisgarh.
The Maoists are also suspected to have left unexploded bombs in the second engine attached to the train, Pradhan said.
State police chief Amarananda Patnaik said senior police officials accompanied by a bomb squad were at the site for investigations.