300 suspected Maoist rebels stop train as it passed through a forest in Jharkhand . Score: 6 Train was `` stopped , '' not hijacked in region that has seen rebel attacks . Maoist insurgency has claimed more than 6,000 lives since the late 1960s . `` They wanted your ( media ) presence , '' he said of the hijackers ' possible motive . Incident comes as India is in the midst of month-long general elections .
300 suspected Maoist rebels stop train as it passed through a forest in Jharkhand . Score: 6 Train was `` stopped , '' not hijacked in region that has seen rebel attacks . Maoist insurgency has claimed more than 6,000 lives since the late 1960s . Incident comes as India is in the midst of month-long general elections .