Piravom Road Station

Police on Saturday arrested a 37-year-old man who was suspected to have planted a crude explosive device on the rail track near Piravom Road station between Kottayam and Kochi earlier this week.

Train traffic between Kottayam and Ernakulam was disrupted for an hour today as an object which looked like a "steel bomb" was found on the railway bridge near Piravom Road station, police said.

Police on Saturday arrested a 37-year-old man who was suspected to have planted a crude explosive device on the rail track near Piravom Road station between Kottayam and Kochi earlier this week.

Train traffic between Kottayam and Ernakulam was disrupted for an hour today as an object which looked like a "steel bomb" was found on the railway bridge near Piravom Road station, police said.