Guwahati: Cops defuse bomb on Kanchenjunga Express, avert tragedy

Guwahati - 17 June 2011: Assam Police averted a tragedy on Friday morning when its personnel detected and defused an explosive device planted inside a train during routine search after its arrival at the railway station here.

Police found the bomb kept inside an air bag from seat No. 22 of S5 coach during routine search of the Kolkata-GuwahatiKanchenjunga Expressat theGuwahati Railway Station, sources said.

They said after the bomb was found, all 1100 passengers inside the train were deboarded. "The train was checked thoroughly," the sources said.

Police said they recovered 4 kg explosive, 4 detonators and a time device from the bag at around 5.20am after the train arrived.

"The programmable time device was found during routine check by police personnel. Every train which arrives at the Guwahati station is checked," the sources said.

source: PTI/TOI