Alert was sounded in Raipur Railway Station following two low intensity blasts on Guwahati-Bangalore Express at Chennai Central railway station on Thursday.
The alert in Raipur has been termed just as a precautionary measure.The Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel carried out elaborate checking of passengers,baggages and the entire Railway station premises, a GRP officer informed.A 24-year-old woman was killed and 14 others were injured, two of them are critical, when two low-intensity bombs exploded at Chennai station on Thursday morning.In Raipur, the Railway station premises were thoroughly checked with dog squad and bomb disposal squad, Station House Officer (SHO) Shankar lal Chandrkar (GRP) told The Pioneer.
He informed that the following the blast in Chennai Central Railway station, a joint team of GRP and RPF was formed for conducting an elaborate search operation.All the platforms, heavy boxes-parcels on platform, were minutely checked.“The post offices, and luggage wagon of trains were also examined, however we found nothing suspicious,” he said, adding some suspicious appearing persons were also stopped for checking but were released after they were found clear.
He further informed during the checking drive that about 45-50 persons were caught in different cases of violating railway rules, who were released later.