New Delhi: General Railway Police (GRP) of Siwan on Thursday seized four unclaimed bags from Gwalior Express. As per a police official, the material found in the bag is suspected to be explosives.
GRP personnel were engaged in routine checking to detect liquor bottles, when head constable Sabbir Mian found four bags in one of the compartments of the train, reported news agency IANS.
Sudhir Kumar, SHO of GRP police station Siwan told PTI, "When our police personnel inquired about the bags, none of the passengers claimed them. We then took the bag to the GRP police station. Since the bags looked suspicious, we informed senior officials and the bomb squad about it. The bomb squad rushed in and took the bags to a safe zone for defusal."
Shashi Kumar, the head of the bomb squad of Siwan, said, "Nature of the substance in the bags is yet to be ascertained. It appears to be explosives. We are in the process of defusing it."
Last month, one person was arrested after large quantities of explosives were recovered from him in Rajasthan’s Dausa district.
Dausa Police arrested the accused who was allegedly transporting the explosives near Khan Bhankari Road in the district.
According to reports, police seized approx 1000 kg of explosives, including 65 detonators, and 40 boxes with 360 gelatin sticks which are used for blasting. One gelatin stick weighs around 2.78kg.
The arrested person was identified as Rajesh Meena, a resident of Vyas Mohalla. The vehicle in which the explosives were transported was also seized.