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AGRA: The Railway Police have invoked sedition charges against unknown persons for planting a bomb in Kalandi Express. A low-intensity blast took place in the general coach lavatory of the train on Wednesday evening at Barrajpur railway station near Kanpur.On Friday, Government Railway Police (GRP) in Farrukhabad invoked section 124 (A) of IPC (sedition) against unknown person.Mukesh Malik, station house officer (SHO) of Farrukhabad GRP said: “We have also added sedition charge in the FIR. We will soon crack the case. Soon, the main accused involved in the anti-national activity will be arrested.”According to police, at least three men have been detained from Shivarajpur area of Kanpur district for questioning.Teams from GRP Agra division, Kanpur Police and ATS are jointly working on the case.Ravikant Parashar, circle officer (CO) GRP Kasganj said, “We have received good leads from a detained man. We have sent the explosive samples to Agra forensic lab.”A sources at Agra explosive forensic laboratory said: “A detailed report of the substance recovered from Kalindi Express would be submitted by Monday.”On Wednesday evening, as soon as the guard gave green signal for departure, a low intensity blast occurred in general coach lavatory of Bhawani-bound train at Barrajpur railway station.On Thursday morning, Farrukhabad GRP had lodged an FIR based on a written complaint of train guard J P Verma..