A man was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly placing detonators on the Haridwar-Dehradun railway track in Uttarakhand, officials said.
The Haridwar Government Railway Police (GRP) received information from the control room of Moradabad Railway Division on Sunday night about detonators lying on the railway track near Moti Chur railway station, they said.
A GRP team rushed to the spot and recovered the detonators, they added.
CCTV footage showed a man moving suspiciously along the railway tracks, Haridwar GRP's Senior Superintendent of Police Sarita Dobhal said.
After scanning the CCTV footage, the suspect was identified as Ashok, a resident of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh, and arrested, she said.
Several detonators were recovered from the accused, Dobhal said, adding that a case has been registered against Ashok.
The SSP said the motive of the accused behind the incident is not yet clear and he is still being interrogated.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
Anupam Kher's Secret to Fitness at 69 | 'Vijay 69' Workout Session
Applications Invited For 613 Lecturer Posts In Uttarakhand, Check Details Uttarakhand Cops Issue Guidelines To Stop Restaurant Staff Spitting In Food Peacock Sighting At 6,500 Feet In Uttarakhand Surprising, Say Experts Walmart Employee's Big Claim After Indian-Origin Teen Found Dead In Oven Who Was Gursimran Kaur, Indian Teen Found Dead In Walmart Oven Businessman's Rs 1 Crore Rolex Gift To Contractor For Building His "Fortress" Donald Trump May Challenge Results If He Loses, But What Are His Options BJP Leader Devender Singh Rana Dies At 59 North Korea Says It Test-Fired Latest ICBM Hwasong-19 On Thursday Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.