Reportedly a bomb squad was rushed to the Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (KSR) Railway Station in Bengaluru on Friday at around 8:45 am after an object looking like hand-grenade was spotted on the side of the tracks between Platform No 1 and 2. Meanwhile the security staff present at the station cordoned off the area and ensured the vicinity of the area was evacuated.
Furthermore at that time, Sanghamitra Express which plies from Bengaluru to Patna was on Platform No 1. Little over an hour after the suspicious object was spotted by passers-by, the bomb squad assessed the area to be safe. Further the police, as a precautionary measure, searched the entire station premises, including trains, and found it to be safe. Reportedly following this, Additional Director General of Police Railways Alok Mohan said, “There is no threat to any place. There was a beeping sound within a train which triggered the scare. Upon investigation, it was found that the sound alerting about the malfunction of the CCTV inside the coach.”
Moreover sources in the police told TNM that the suspicious object was a dummy and not an actual grenade. Perhaps an official confirmation is awaited and the police are investigating how the suspicious object reached the spot in the first place.
