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Bomb threat letter to rail stations, religious places in Rajasthan, MP, police launch search operations

A letter threatening bomb blasts at several railway stations and religious places in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh was received at the Hanumangarh railway station, prompting security personnel to swing into action.

by · India TV

Several railway stations and religious places in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh received a bomb threat after which the security around all the important places was heightened. A letter threatening bomb blasts was received at the Hanumangarh railway station, police said on Wednesday.

North Western Railway CPRO Captain Shashi Kiran said, "Yesterday, the station superintendent of Hanumangarh received a bomb threat letter. Police carried out the inspection of the Hanumangarh railway station and no suspicious material was found. Security has been increased at all the railway stations. An FIR has been lodged against unknown persons."

Additional SP, Hanumangarh, Pyare Lal Meena said, "It was threatened in the letter, which was in the name of Jaish-e-Mohammed -- a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation -- that the railway station and places in Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota, Bundi, Udaipur, Jaipur will be blown up by bombs on October 30," he said.

The sender also threatened bomb blasts at religious places in Rajasthan as well as in Madhya Pradesh on November 2, he added.

Personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP), local police and BSF have conducted a search, Meena said.

A case has been registered with the GRP police station and efforts are underway to track the sender.

(With PTI inputs)

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