One injured in blast near railway track in Uttar Pradesh

Even after the breakthrough made by the anti-terror agencies by killing one of the alleged terrorists in lucknow and arresting four others, who were involved in exploding bombs in trains or derailing them by damaging the tracks, yet another low-intensity crude bomb exploded near a railway track in Khalilabad area of Sant Kabirnagar, leaving one injured on Tuesday morning.

The security agencies which swung into action after the reports of blast, rushed to the spot and collected the explosives and other material to confirm whether the same gang which was exposed after blast in train at Madhya Pradesh was behind the blast or some other subversive forces made an attempt to make the damage on track through blast. The sleuths of the Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) were also dispatched from lucknow while the top police officials had briefed the officials of National Investigating Agency about the blast. The NIA team is already camping in Kanpur to grill some suspects.

Reports said that one Rajkumar aka Raju Thapa (50), who hails from Nepal, was collecting trash lying near the railway track just adjacent to Old Reserve Police lines Barrack Crossing, in Khalilabad area of Sant Kabirnagar, when he said three bomb like objects lying in the garbage. As he picked one of them, it suddenly went off injuring him seriously. Some passersby who rushed after hearing the blast shifted the injured to District Hospital from where he was referred to Medical College in Gorakhpur. 

The local police was also informed about the incident after which senior officers along with Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), reached the spot and they defused the remaining two bombs. SP Sant Kabirnagar, Heera lal, who also reached the spot claimed that the bombs look like low-intensity “sutli bombs” or crude bombs. He claimed that they informed the senior police officers and were investigating the matter further.

Meanwhile in Farukkabad also, some miscreants removed over a dozen keys from the railway track between Farukkabad and Kanpur railway station on Tuesday morning. Some local residents who found the keys lying abandoned immediately informed the railway officials. The railway team which reached the spot claimed that several trains had passed from the track but luckily no derailment took place. They claimed to have made the necessary report and ordered a probe. The local police was also informed of the incident and further investigations are on.