MUMBAI: A bomb threat targeting Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) turned out to be a hoax after security agencies searched the railway station and found nothing suspicious, officials said on Sunday.
The Government Railway Police (GRP) control room at Wadi Bunder received the threat call around 6.40 pm on Saturday. The caller claimed that a bomb had been planted at the station, officials said.
Following the alert, personnel from the Railway Protection Force (RPF), GRP, Mumbai Police and other security agencies launched a search operation at the busy terminus.
An RPF dog squad was also deployed to check suburban and long-distance platforms, foot overbridges and the parcel area, a senior Central Railway official said.
No suspicious person, explosive material or unclaimed object was found on the station premises or inside any train, the official added.
Security agencies remain on alert and are maintaining a strict vigil at CSMT and other railway stations across the network.
(With inputs from media reports)