Government Railyway Police and the Indian Army jointly conducted searches at at Jalandhar Cantt Railway Station following a bomb scare call. A Tribune photo
Rachna Khaira
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 29
A bomb hoax at the Jalandhar Cantonment Railway Station sent police and the Indian Army on a wild goose chase on Tuesday.
A train between Jammu and Bihar, the Archana Express, was evacuated after railway control room at Ferozepur received a phone call about an explosive in it.
Massive search operations by Jalandhar and Punjab Armed police — and later by the Army — followed, but they were called off after they found nothing.
The train was later moved to Hoshiarpur railway line to clear traffic on the Jammu-Delhi route. Passengers were accommodated in other trains.enior police and army officials arrived at the spot.
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