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Bomb blasts on railway track at Malda

Kolkata, Feb 27 (UNI) Twin blasts took place between Kajra-Uren and Uren-Dhanauri stations early today.

The blasts resulted in the formation of 1-1.5 m deep craters on the ground at both the places.

Train services on the Jamalpur-Kiul section of Eastern Railway at Malda were disrupted from 0035 to 0910 hrs following the blasts.

However, no cases of casualty or damage to the coaches were reported, railway sources said here.

Malda Divisional Railway Manager Anup Sahu and other senior officials had rushed to the site to monitor the situation. Repair work also was started after the police clearance.

Train services were resumed only after 0910 hrs soon after the tracks were repaired.

About eight trains including 3242 Dn Rajendranagar-Banka Express, 3484 Dn Farakka Express via Sultanpur, 3413 Up Farakka Express via Faizabad and 3023 Up Howrah-Gaya Express were detained at different stations en-route for about six hours.

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