Search on explosives at New Jalpaiguri station

Intelligence reports suspect that ULFA terrorists have sneaked RDX-type explosives to cause a blast at station.

Explosive experts along with sniffer dogs conducted a search at the New Jalpaiguri railway station on Monday night following intelligence reports that suspected ULFA terrorists with RDX-type explosives have sneaked into Siliguri to cause a blast at the station, but found nothing suspicious.

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Superintendent of Railway police Mahendra Singh Punia supervised the search operation which started at 2200 hours at the station, railway sources said.

However, nothing was found during the two-hour long search operation, the sources said.

Train services remained unaffected at the station, they said.

Seven persons were killed when a blast, suspected to have been triggered by terrorists, ripped through a compartment of Haldibari-Siliguri passenger train at a place 22 km from Siliguri on November 20.