Bomb hoax call delays train to Baroda for over 3 hours

The railway police control room received a call on Tuesday afternoon stating that explosives had been placed on the Bandra-Baroda Sayaji Nagari Express.

The railway police control room received a call on Tuesday afternoon stating that explosives had been placed on the Bandra-Baroda Sayaji Nagari Express.

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The train was halted at Dahanu station and checked thoroughly for nearly three hours, but no explosives were found.

According to the police, the control room received a call around 4pm, following which the train was immediately halted. The dog squad, however, reached much later and the search operation continued post-7pm.

A railway police officer said, “A dog squad had to be called from Vapi. The train was halted at a Dahanu siding and checked thoroughly from 5.30pm. It finally began its journey at 7:45pm after nothing was found.”

The police later traced the call to a public booth outside Borivli station.