Crude bomb found on Delhi-bound train

Bhopal, Jan 12: A crude bomb was found inside the Gondwana Express train that runs between Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and Hazrat Nizamuddin station in Delhi, officials said on Sunday.

A search operation was carried out on the New Delhi-bound Gondwana Express at the Malikhedi station near Bina following a tip-off that a bomb has been placed in the train.

"Government Railway Police (GRP) and a local police team were conducting the search at Malikhedi, about 8 km from Bina station, to trace the bomb," a GRP official said.

The passengers were asked to de-board the train, following which it was searched throughly, he said. Senior police and railway officials are at the site to supervise the search operation.

PTI