Hoax call halts Delhi-Chennai Garib Rath train at Dhopur; three detained

Three people were detained late Monday night for allegedly spreading rumours about the presence of a bomb in the Hazrat Nizamuddin-M.G.R. Chennai Central Garib Rath Express train, officials said.
As per the police, Hazrat Nizamuddin—M.G.R. Chennai Central Garib Rath Express (12612)—was stopped at the Dholpur station in Rajasthan for three hours, after a passenger claimed that there was a bomb on the train. They raised a complaint on ‘Rail Madad’ portal, they said.
The complainant claimed that there was a bomb in the train’s G2 Coach, and two other people told him the same.
The police, along with the teams of GRP Police and RPF, immediately sprang into action, reached the spot, and launched a search operation. The bomb disposal squad
was also called on the spot for investigation. Other than the G2 coach, G3 and G4 were also evacuated, and the search operation was carried out at all three coaches. After over three hours of conducting searches, the police confirmed that nothing was found on the train, and the train was given clearance to go ahead.
The police detained three persons for spreading rumours about the bomb, and they will be thoroughly interrogated, said officials.

TDG Network

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