The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) remained on toes for around two hours, after a bomb threat phone call was received at Dial 100. It was stated that foot over bridge at Itarsi railway station junction would be blown with bomb.
Sudden checking by the police personnel created panic among the passengers at the Itarsi railway station in the morning hours.
SHO of GRP Itari BS Chouhan said that necessary action was taken and police personnel were alerted and dog squad started to investigate and later nothing was found after searching the station. The place remained important in the search but nothing was found.
In the threat it was mentioned that bomb has been planted near Footover Bridge and was searched thoroughly by the police and dog squad.
The threat call was received at around 10.30 in the morning and by noon officials were at the spot and took the details of the action taken to avert any untoward action at the station.
Foot-over Bridge was vacated and luggage of the passengers at the platforms and waiting halls were checked.During the investigation it was found that the call was made with SIM card registered in the name of Mahesh and based on the information search would be conducted.
Police suspects that the caller has used SIM card registered in the name of Mahesh or it has been stolen from the registered user.At Itarsi junction 250 trains pass daily carrying around over 1 lakh passengers that makes it an important railway station and require tight security measures. Police have started investigation into the matter.