Many people ran out of the train leaving behind their bags. There was confusion and none of the police personnel at the platform came to our help, Banerjee, a student of Christ University said.
Banerjee hails from Kharagpur and normally prefers the Yeshtwantpur Howrah train for his journey back home. Since he was unable to get tickets in that train, he booked his seat on the Bangalore-Guwahati Express.
“After that incident, I immediately called my family and informed them that about the bomb blast in the train and told them that I was safe”, he said.
Fine Arts student Albert, who was traveling to Guwhati, said panic gripped people after the blast as thick smoke was coming from the S4 compartment.
Albert was in S3 compartment when the incident occurred.
“I was going to the toilet at that time and soon after this blast, we all ran”, Albert, who hails from Mizoram and normally takes this train from Bangalore, said.
