West Bengal: Train services disrupted after bomb scare
Train services between Sealdah and Park Circus stations were disrupted for nearly an hour Sunday morning after the detection of a suspicious object near the tracks, an Eastern Railway spokesman said, adding the object was mistaken for bomb. It was found to be a hoax after examination, he said.
The suspicious material was removed by RPF and GRP personnel and the train services were resumed on the rout, the spokesman said.
"The material was examined and was found not to be an explosive," Eastern Railway spokesman RN Mahapatra said.
Due to the incident, train services to various destinations in the Sealdah South Section were disrupted from 10.40 am to 11.30 am. Consequently, at least 20 EMU locals were delayed by about half an hour, on an average.
According to the official, the "bomb-like" substance was detected by an on-duty keyman of Eastern Railway near the down line between the terminal station Sealdah and Park Circus.
