Overview
- The police control room received a call around 9:30 am claiming a bomb was on the Kashi Express (15018 Down) at Mau junction in Uttar Pradesh.
- Local police, the Government Railway Police and the Railway Protection Force evacuated passengers to a safe location under the supervision of SP Elamaran G and Additional SP Anoop Kumar.
- Bomb disposal squads conducted coach-by-coach inspections and cordoned off platform number one and surrounding areas as a precaution.
- No suspicious object was found during the search, and officials said the call appears to be a hoax.
- Surveillance teams are tracing the source of the call as railway and police officials coordinate the security clearance for the train’s onward journey.