At least two calls claiming bombs being planted on a Western Railway commuter train and the Ratnagiri Express sent security agencies into a tizzy, but they turned out to be hoax, railway police said on Thursday.
"There were at least two calls regarding bombs being placed in a suburban Virar-bound train on Wednesday night as well as the Ratnagiri Express early this morning. However, after checking both, they were found to be hoaxes," a railway police official said.
The police said they received anonymous calls saying a bomb could be placed in a Virar-bound train between 7 and 7:30 am and early morning in the Ratnagiri Express.
Railway police, which had been put on high alert since last evening following a bomb hoax call in Mumbai-Pune Deccan Queen Express, searched all the commuter trains thoroughly.
The searches between Churchgate and Virar were carried out and now "we are keeping a tight vigil in all the stations and doing our best without disturbing our services on the Western lines," a railway official said.
All the stations on the Western Railway are put on high alert and sniffer dogs deployed, the officials said.
{{/usCountry}}All the stations on the Western Railway are put on high alert and sniffer dogs deployed, the officials said.
{{/usCountry}}Deccan Queen Express was halted for over an hour last evening after an anonymous caller claimed that a bomb had been placed on the train.