With senior officials yet to make any breakthrough in the letter received at Hapur railway station threatening to bomb several railway stations, another similar letter was received by the superintendent of Meerut city railway station.
The letter threatened of bomb blasts at railway stations and temples in nine districts, including Meerut.
Soon after receiving the letter, senior police officers reviewed the security arrangement, especially as the threatening letter was received just ahead of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's scheduled visit to the Meerut city on Thursday (November 11).
Security was tightened at all railway stations and also in the city, although it was believed that the letter was a hoax, disclosed a senior police officer.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at Government Railway Police, Meerut, Sudesh Kumar Gupta, said the letter was received on Tuesday and a case was registered against unidentified persons under relevant sections at the local GRP police station.
Gupta said prima facie, it seems to be a hoax.
A similar letter was received by the Hapur railway station superintendent's office on October 30, following which a thorough checking was conducted in the station premises.
Station Superintendent RP Singh said the letter threatened bomb blasts at many temples and railway stations in nine districts, including Meerut, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Khurja, Kanpur, Lucknow and Shahjahanpur.
In view of the proposed visit of the chief minister to Meerut on Thursday, the police administration has increased vigil, Superintendent of Police (City) Vineet Bhatnagar said.