NIA team in Bhopal to probe blast in train

March 08, 2017 12:52 pm | Updated November 29, 2021 01:34 pm IST - New Delhi

People attend to an injured person after a blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train near the Jabdi station in Shajapur district óf Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

People attend to an injured person after a blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train near the Jabdi station in Shajapur district óf Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.

A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday reached Bhopal to probe the blast in a train, suspected to be a terror attack.

The blast occurred near the Jabri railway station under Shajapur district, about 60 km from Bhopal.

NIA officials would interact with the Madhya Pradesh police personnel and verify leads available with them to ascertain whether the explosion was a terror attack, official sources said.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Tuesday said the initial investigation suggested that the blast was a terror attack and investigation was underway to unravel the conspiracy behind the incident.

Ten people were injured, three of them seriously, in the blast on the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train.

Madhya Pradesh Inspector General (Intelligence) Makrand Deoskar had said the blast was carried out “by planting an improvised explosive device (IED)”.

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