Bomb Threat Halts Somnath Express in Punjab’s Ferozepur, Passengers Evacuated

Chandigarh: The Somnath Express running from Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir to Bhagat Ki Kothi in Rajasthan was stopped at a railway station in Punjab’s Ferozepur district on Tuesday after police received an anonymous call claiming that a bomb was planted on the train.

According to reports, all passengers in the train were evacuated and the area was cordoned off, when the Somnath Express was halted at the Kasu Begu railway station.

The Punjab police control room received a phone call claiming that there was a bomb on the Somnath Express. Immediately the train was halted at Kasu Begu railway station, around 10 km from Ferozepur.

Three teams of the Punjab Police’s bomb disposal squad, dog squads and the Border Security Force along with Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force took up a search operation. An ambulance and a fire brigade were also tationed at the spot.