Naxals capture railway station in Purulia

New Delhi: Twenty five armed Maoists captured the Urma railway station at Purulia, West Bengal on Thursday night.

The station master was forced to keep the signals stationary at gun point and asked to vacate the station.

Trains going through Purulia including the Purushottam Express, Tata Amritar were stranded through the night.

The Maoists have now vacated the station.