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Bomb scare at Rajkot Railway Station
Rajkot, Sep 17 (UNI) Security was beefed up today at the Rajkot Railway Station following a threat of a bomb blast on its premises.
Railway Police Sub Inspector (PSI) D F Kalara told UNI that a letter, addressed to the Railway manager, threatening to blow up the Rajkot railway station, was received this morning.
The letter, written in three languages (Gujarati, English, Hindi), was posted from Vadodara, in the names of ''Laskar-e-Toiba'', ''Indian Mujahideen'' and ''Antakvad SIMI'', Mr Kalara said.
The
Bomb
Detection
and
Disposal
Squad
and
Railway
police
immediately
launched
a
search
operation,
but
found
nothing
objectionable,
he
said
adding,
''However,
We
are
keeping
a
tight
vigil
to
avoid
any
eventuality.''
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Story first published: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 16:38 [IST]