Tightened security measures were witnessed at Bhopal railway station on Saturday after receiving a threat of bomb blast by terrorist organisation on October 20 at several railway stations including Bhopal, Jabalpur and Katni of Madhya Pradesh.
SP GRP Bhopal Manoj Kumar Rai said that since Friday, the security was tightened at all the railway stations. During the festive special focus is paid on security and safety due to huge amount of influx of passengers. The threat came at the time of the festival and arrangements were made earlier.
The senior officials of GRP and RPF were on alert and kept an eye to maintain safety and security at stations in the division to avert any untoward incident, he added.
Rai said that Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) remained stationed at the railway station and maintained strict checking during the day. At the end of the day nothing was found suspicious in the trains which were checked or with the passengers which alighted off or boarded trains.
Intensive checking of passengers and trains at the platforms was done on Saturday. Tight security arrangements were made to keep vigil and those who were found under suspicious circumstances were detained and questioned. The luggage with the passengers was checked through metal detectors and which was parceled or lying without proper documents was checked by on duty police personnel if found suspicious.
Passengers were also witnessed little less as compared to the usual days of travelers possibly due to bomb threat which alerted railways and security agencies.