RPF recovers explosives at Dum Dum station

The RPF on Thursday recovered explosive powder contained in two packets from the platform of Dum Dum station.

Kolkata: The RPF on Thursday recovered explosive
powder contained in two packets from the platform of Dum Dum
station and liquid explosive materials from a nearby area,
police said.
Railway passengers informed the RPF camp at the Dum
Dum station that two unclaimed plastic packets were lying
at platform number one.

Bomb squads immediately rushed to the station and the
packets were removed from the platform.
In the meanwhile, sources said that some liquid
explosives were also recovered from the ground floor of a
residential apartment in the area near the station.

The explosives are now being tested by CBI experts.

No arrest has been made as yet.

PTI

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