Bomb Hoax Call Delays Train

Warangal: A bomb hoax call delayed Krishna Express bound for Tirupathi by about one and half hour here on Saturday. According to the police sources, an unidentified person made a phone call to Station Ghanpur Railway Station during morning hours stating that a bomb was planted in the train.

The officials stopped the train at the station after its arrival at 9 am and summoned the police. The bomb squad and dog squad were pressed into service to check the train. After a thorough inspection of the coaches, it was found that there was no bomb and the phone call was hoax, informed a police official Venkateshwar Reddy. Meanwhile, a few passengers, including some children suffered minor injuries when they jumped off the train after they learnt about the police checking the train for bomb. They were given first aid at the station and the train left the station at 10.30am.