Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) men carry out search in a local train at Churchgate station after a bomb threat call that turned hoax later, in Mumbai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTImore-inA call warning of a bomb blast at Churchgate railway station on Thursday turned out to be a hoax. Railway Protection Force personnel said its control room received a call around 10.45 a.m. that a bomb would go off at the station. “Following the call, we took precautionary measures and security was tightened at the station,” an RPF official said. The RPF and the Government Railway Police are keeping a close watch at the station and on trains, the official said.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2017 01:41 UTC