Delhi-Amrtisar Shatabdi stopped after bomb scare

May 07, 2010 10:15 am | Updated 10:15 am IST - New Delhi

The Delhi-Amritsar Swarn Shatabdi Express was stopped on Friday and passengers deboarded after an anonymous call to railway authorities that a bomb has been placed in the train.

The train had left Delhi at 7:40 am. At around 7:45 am, a call was made to the deputy station superintendent that a bomb has been placed in the train. The train was stopped at Narela and passengers deboarded, a Northern Railway Spokesperson said.

A team of Delhi Police and Railway Police is conducting a thorough search of the train.

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