Triggering panic, mortar bombs were found lying close to the railway tracks near Shahbad railway station in Haryana's Kurukshetra district on Wednesday. Rail traffic on the busy track was briefly suspended and a search operation was launched by the security forces.
A senior police officer said that around eight 51 mm mortar bombs, were found lying near the tracks in the morning. Some boxes were also found lying along side the explosives. Officials said these are high grade explosives, generally supplied to the Army and paramilitary forces.
As the bombs were live, Army experts from Ambala Cantonment had taken these into possession.
Police said that some passersby noticed the explosives in Dolu Majra village near Shahbad after which the police was alerted. It was being investigated how the explosives reached the spot.
The police said that GRP team, Kurukshetra district police, Railway Protection Force were conducting a search over a large area from the spot where the bombs were found to see if any more explosives were lying around.
After the explosives were found, about dozen trains including Shatabdi Express were stopped on Delhi-Ambala rail track for some time. later, the rail traffic on the route resumed.
Twelve trains were stopped on the route for a while as a precautionary measure, police said. Among the trains which were briefly halted included Shan-e-Punjab, Delhi-Amritsar Express and Kalka-Delhi Shatabdi.