Bomb explodes at railway track in Jharkhand

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 21:49 [IST]

Hazaribagh, Feb 21 (UNI) A bomb exploded on a railway track at Ranchi Road railway station minutes after a passenger train chugged past the platform in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district today.

The Gomo-Barwadih passenger train had a miraculous escape as the bomb detonated at 1400 hrs, just a few minutes after it left the platform, police said.

The security personnel present on the spot immediately swung into action and recovered another live bomb from the track which was later handed over to the anti-bomb squad team.

UNI

Topics: INSURGENCY-JHARKHAND-EXPLOSION-RAIL

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