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Blast on rail track derails Shalimar Express near Jammu
Jammu, Oct 27: In the second attack on a train in six months, militants last night blasted a rail track derailing the engine and five bogies of delhi-bound Shalimar Express at a place about 50km from here but there was no casualty, senior railway officials said.
Jammu, Oct 27: In the second attack on a train in six months, militants last night blasted a rail track derailing the engine and five bogies of delhi-bound Shalimar Express at
a place about 50km from here but there was no casualty, senior railway officials said.
Jammu station superintendent Mulkraj Sharma said the blast on the rail track went off at a place between Sambha and Gagwal stations at around 2206 hours, almost an hour after Shalimar Express left Jammu Tawi station.
Chief public relations office of Northern Railway Devendra Sandhu said the derailment took place soon after the explosion on the track.
"All passengers are safe. No one is injured," he said.
Asked who engineered the blast, Sandhu said "it is too early to say that but keeping in mind the area, it could be said to be terrorist activity."
The place where the blast took place is about ten km from the line of control with Pakistan and militants had in the past triggered a number of blasts in the area.
Sandhu said since no passenger was hurt or killed, "it can be reasonably assumed that the derailed coaches stood upright after having been thrown off the track.
Bureau Report
Jammu station superintendent Mulkraj Sharma said the blast on the rail track went off at a place between Sambha and Gagwal stations at around 2206 hours, almost an hour after Shalimar Express left Jammu Tawi station.
Chief public relations office of Northern Railway Devendra Sandhu said the derailment took place soon after the explosion on the track.
"All passengers are safe. No one is injured," he said.
Asked who engineered the blast, Sandhu said "it is too early to say that but keeping in mind the area, it could be said to be terrorist activity."
The place where the blast took place is about ten km from the line of control with Pakistan and militants had in the past triggered a number of blasts in the area.
Sandhu said since no passenger was hurt or killed, "it can be reasonably assumed that the derailed coaches stood upright after having been thrown off the track.
Bureau Report