Jamshedpur: Two persons were today killed when naxals allegedly fired indiscriminately on moving trucks at Karamdih in Saraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand as the banned CPI (Maoist) called for a 24-hour bandh in the state, Orissa and West Bengal in protest against price rise.

Superintendent of Police Laxman Prasad Singh said a group of 15 Maoists fired at the trucks plying on the busy Tata-Ranchi highway at Karamdih killing two persons in two separate trucks.

One of them was identified as Mohd Mubarak of Rajasthan's Bharatpur area, he added.

Another truck fell into a roadside ditch after its driver, in an attempt to escape the gunfire, lost control over the vehicle. The Maoists set the truck on fire, Singh said.

This is the second bandh called within a week by the Maoists.

Posters calling for the bandh were pasted in Maoist strongholds. On April 16, the proscribed outfit enforced bandh in five states, including Jharkhand.

Meanwhile, police have beefed up security at vital spots with patrolling has been intensified along the railway tracks, police said. 
Source : PTI