Low-grade blast in Kalindi Express sparks panic

Kanpur | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

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Blast minutes after train reachedKANPUR/LUCKNOW: A low-intensity blast in the toilet of a general coach of Kanpur-Bhiwani Kalindi Express at Barrajpur station, about 35 km away from Kanpur Central, on Wednesday evening sparked panic among the passengers on board. The blast led to panic as passengers scrambled to get off the train. He confirmed that a letter was recovered from the scene in which name of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was mentioned.“The letter talks of the terror outfit but the content also talks in detail about the destruction the perpetrators plan to unleash. The incident occurred when it was heading towards Bhiwani from Kanpur,” he added. It had barely covered a distance of 35 km when the blast of low intensity occurred in the toilet of the second last coach from rear side of the train causing panic among passengers, he said.“The train runs between Kanpur and Bhiwani daily..