Silchar, Nov 9 : Three IED bombs were found on the railway track between Mahur and Faiding stations on Lumding-Silchar section of the North-East Frontier Railway in the wee hours today leading to suspension of train services on the section for eight hours during the day.
A senior police officer in Haflong, the headquarters of Assam’s Dima Hasao district said a gang-man while checking the tracks noticed the explosives chained by electric wires on railway bridge No 212 at o4oo hrs.
The place is four km from Mahur station and 40 km from Haflong, he said. Soon after, the gang-man brought this to the notice of the senior railway officials in Lower Haflong station.
The officer said the recovery of the Improvised Explosive Device helped save the Agartala Express train which was on its way from Lumding to Agartala and was to pass the area soon.
The train was stopped near Diyung bridge, four km away from the place, as soon as the explosives were recovered. ''It’s suspected that the train was targetted by the suspected militants,'' the officer added.
Services of all trains on the section were cancelled for more than eight hours and it resumed at 1300 hrs today, NFR sources said.
The officer said a team of Army bomb disposal squad from Haflong rushed to the place and defused the bombs.
Police, CRPF and Army have launched operation in the area to nab the miscreants behind the incident. The ASP said it’s yet to identify the group behind the planting of the IEDs.
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