Varanasi: The movement of several trains is interrupted for about three hours in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction-Mirzapur-Prasagraj after an object that looks like an improvised explosive device (IED) is found lying on a train path in Jigna Sunday morning.
The objects left by some naughty elements leave the police, the power of railroad protection and government train police sweating for hours.
The movement of around a dozen express trains and passengers was stopped as a precautionary measure until the bomb disposal forces came, examined the object, and clarified that there were no explosives in it.
Varanasi Zone Ram Kumar said, “There are no explosives in the object recovering in the Jigna area.
It was purely damaged to create a sensation.
The Joint Varanasi police team and Prayagraj zone have been engaged to detect naughty elements behind the incident with the help of RPF and GRP.” High alert is maintained in this zone considering the Republican day, said ADG while denying every connection from the incident with recovery of recent explosives in Delhi and Punjab.
Early in the morning and immediately reminded the senior train officer Mirzapur.rpf and GRP police from the Jigna Mirzapur and Manda police station from the adjacent Prayagraj District also rushed to spot stopped on this line at 6.10 am considering the warning was heard by the Mirzapur authority.
12 Express trains and passengers are stopped in differen t points, he said, adding that the track was cleaned after the movement of checking and training needed at 9:15 a.m.
ADG said that the bomb disposal forces were sent to immediately and their crew after examining the object was clarified that it was not exploded but damaged in 2014.
Many suppliers of explosives for mining in mirzapur and adjacent areas such as Shankargarh from Prayagraj also remained on the police radar and other institutions in the past.