Boy foils bid to blow up Rajdhani

DHANBAD, JAN. 10. An attempt to blow up the Howrah-bound Rajdhani Express from Delhi was foiled when a teenaged boy informed the railway staff about two bombs planted on the track near here, a senior Eastern Railway official said here today.

The boy - Halim Ali, a resident of south 24 Parganas in West Bengal, saw the bombs half-concealed under the ballasts while going on foot to his friend's house at Bhulinagar, near Dhanbad, through the grand chord track early yesterday morning, the Divisional Railway Manager, Mr. Shreeprakash, told PTI.

Ali reported the matter to the nearest railway cabin and the railway staff promptly swung into action. As a result, all trains scheduled to pass through the area at that time were stopped at wayside stations. The Rajdhani Express and Mumbai Mail were detained for nearly three hours at the Tetulmarhi and Gomoh stations, Railway sources said.

- PTI

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