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Bomb Threat Halts Kashi Express at Mau as Search Finds No Device

Authorities will allow the train to depart only after final security clearance.

'Nothing as Such Found' in Kashi Express After Bomb Threat in UP's Mau; Investigation Underway | Image: ANI
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Overview

  • The police control room received a call around 9:30 am claiming a bomb was on the Kashi Express (15018 Down) at Mau junction in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Local police, the Government Railway Police and the Railway Protection Force evacuated passengers to a safe location under the supervision of SP Elamaran G and Additional SP Anoop Kumar.
  • Bomb disposal squads conducted coach-by-coach inspections and cordoned off platform number one and surrounding areas as a precaution.
  • No suspicious object was found during the search, and officials said the call appears to be a hoax.
  • Surveillance teams are tracing the source of the call as railway and police officials coordinate the security clearance for the train’s onward journey.