Hyderabad: Hoax bomb call sends security forces into tizzy

Hyderabad: Police forces swung into action after an anonymous call saying that explosives were planted in a train bound from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai on Wednesday. Sources said the caller made a call to the Government Railway Police around 10.30am, after which the Railway Police along with local police carried out bomb disposal checks in trains […]

Hyderabad: Police forces swung into action after an anonymous call saying that explosives were planted in a train bound from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai on Wednesday.

Sources said the caller made a call to the Government Railway Police around 10.30am, after which the Railway Police along with local police carried out bomb disposal checks in trains with the help of dog squads.

Officials stopped the Visakhapatnam – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus train at Kazipet in Warangal and also the Konark Express at Cherlapally on the city outskirts and carried out thorough checks in the compartments for explosives, if any. They checked all objects found suspicious. However, nothing was found.

“It was a hoax call. A thorough check has been done and everything is fine,” officials said, adding that efforts were on to trace the caller.