Kolkata/Ranchi: Two passengers were killed and over 47 others injured when eight bogies of theTata-Bilaspur passenger train derailed after Maoists blew up railway tracks tonight in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee said from Delhi that the train comprised 10 coaches of which five derailed andthree toppled over as also the engine.

She said two bodies were found in a overturned bogie, while 47 passengers were injured. Six passengers were trapped in another capsized bogie.

Three passengers have been rescued so far as rescuers were using gas cutters to gain entry to the coaches, three of which were badly damaged, Banerjee said.

The blast occurred between Manohar and Posoita railway stations just in front of the engine of the train, some 20minutes after a pilot engine had passed.

Banerjee said, "Maoists blew up a portion of a railway track which caused the derailment. There were also three to four blasts nearby to deter rescuers."

Superintendent of Police (Rail) A B Homker said in Ranchi, "Railway staff and rescue teams have reached the spot, and are cutting open the bogies to rescue the injured passengers."

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