NEW DELHI, Jul 30 (NNN-PTI) – A passenger train was stopped, in India’s Punjab state, after the local police received a phone call saying a bomb was placed inside the train, confirmed a local police officer, today.
The train, going from Jammu area to Jodhpur city, in the western state of Rajasthan, was stopped in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, for a thorough check-up.
“Ferozepur police received information that, a train has been stopped at Kasu Begu Railway station. Police have reached the spot and the area has been cordoned off. The passengers have been evacuated. Three bomb disposal squad teams of Punjab Police will be reaching the spot. Dog squad teams have reached the spot,” said a senior police officer to local media.– NNN-PTI