Hoax call delays Ratnagiri Express

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 11:56 [IST]

Mumbai, Feb 23 (UNI) A hoax call that a bomb was planted in the Ratnagiri Express delayed its departure by over an hour at Thane station on the Central Railway early today.

Railway Police sources told UNI that the control room had received a call at 0520 hrs, saying that a bomb had been planted inside the train.

A thorough search by armed police personnel and sniffer dog teams did not yield anything.

The Ratnagiri Express left the Thane station at 0637 hrs, railway sources said.

UNI

Topics: CRIME-MAH-BOMB-HOAX

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