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Bomb scare

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KOLKATA: The Puri-bound New Delhi-Puri Puroshottam Express was detained at Purulia Station in West Bengal’s Purulia district on Friday evening following a bomb scare in one of its coaches.

An unclaimed tiffin box, detected in a sleeper class coach, led to panic.

Chief security officer of the South Eastern Railway A.K. Singh said the box was detected at around 7.45 p.m. and the train was halted at Purulia station. The coach was detached from the train at around 8.30 p.m. and it started for Puri around 8.40 p.m.

A bomb detection squad has been called to examine the box.

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