Guwahati:
A major disaster was averted when a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was recovered by the Railway Police from the Kancenjunga Express train this morning.
The IED was recovered at around 5.30 am from a tiffing box in coach No 5 of Guwahati-Kolkata Kanchanjengha Express.
According to the police, the train had reached its destination, the Guwahati station, at 5:15 am regular time. After all the passengers got off, regular frisking of the train was going on and the local cops detected the tiffin box.
They called in the bomb squad which defused the explosive device.
All the passengers are safe; there is no report of any injury.
Police say it could have been a huge blast as the total amount of IED recovered is 8 kg.
The IED was recovered at around 5.30 am from a tiffing box in coach No 5 of Guwahati-Kolkata Kanchanjengha Express.
According to the police, the train had reached its destination, the Guwahati station, at 5:15 am regular time. After all the passengers got off, regular frisking of the train was going on and the local cops detected the tiffin box.
They called in the bomb squad which defused the explosive device.
All the passengers are safe; there is no report of any injury.
Police say it could have been a huge blast as the total amount of IED recovered is 8 kg.
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