Bomb hoax delays Dadar Express at Panipat

Panipat, Feb 22 (UNI) Close on the heels of the Samjhauta Express blasts, a bomb hoax delayed the Dadar Express at Panipat railway station for about an hour this evening.

All the passengers of the Mumbai-bound train coming from Amritsar were asked to get down at the Panipat railway station following a call by an unidentified person that a bomb was planted on it, GRP DSP Rohtash Ahlawat said.

All the 14 coaches of the train were thoroughly checked by the personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) and the Railway Protection Force and no bomb was found, he said.

The train, which arrived at Panipat station at 1843 hrs, finally left for its onward journey at 1938 hrs.

The hoax call was received at the GRP office at Karnal when the train had already left for Panipat, Mr Ahlawat said.

UNI