Being spurned in love can make a person go to any length. Such a situation arose in Bihar's Patna on Tuesday when a man was arrested for making a hoax call. The man angry at his wife for eloping with her lover, threatened to blow up the Patna Junction Railway Station.
"Last night there was a bomb threat to blow up Patna Junction railway station. The caller, Rajesh Kumar Ranjan, has been arrested and a search is on at the station. Rajesh's wife had eloped with her lover due to which he made a threatening call in a fit of rage. Further investigation is underway: Amritendu Shekhar Thakur, SP (Rail) Bihar, told news agency ANI.
After receiving the call, Railway Protection Force (RPF), along with the General Railway Police (GRP), immediately swung into action and launched a search operation.
Search operations were carried out across all 10 platforms. Officials also searched the baggage of passengers on the platforms as well as in the trains that were arriving. Bomb and dog squads were also called in to assist the RPF in search operation.
"On receiving a threatening call to blow up Patna Junction railway station, we immediately launched a search operation on all platforms, waiting halls, rest rooms, washrooms, clock room, parking area apart from the baggage of passengers on board trains as well as on the platforms. Nothing could be found," said Vipin Chaturvedi, inspector of RPF Patna, while speaking to the media.
Bomb threat calls have been made to the Patna Railway station in the past. In December last year, a call was made of a bomb planted at the junction but it turned out to be a hoax after the RPF sprung into action and began investigations.