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Letter warns of bombs on trains

April 26, 2017 09:09 am | Updated 09:11 am IST - CHENNAI

The letter was signed off by ‘Maoists’.

CHENNAI: 08/10/2016: Government Railway Police and Railway Protection Force conducts combing operation in Central Railway Station. RSR. Photo: Special Arrangement

Following a bomb threat letter received by the Station Manager of Central Railway station on Tuesday, the Government Railway Police has filed a case and investigation is under progress.

A police official of the Government Railway Police said a letter was received by the Station Manager of Central Railway station claiming bombs had been planted on four trains.

The letter signed off by ‘Maoists’ stated bombs would go off in the Nilgiris and Mangalore trains near Arakkonam and Thoothukudi and Nellai trains near Melmaruvathur, he added.

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