Bomb hoax leads to detention of four on Delhi-B'luru Karnataka Express
Nagpur: Four passengers were detained by the
Government Railway Police
(GRP) for allegedly making a hoax bomb threat concerning the 12628 New Delhi–Bengaluru Karnataka Express in the early hours of Sunday.According to police, the accused, Deep Singh Rathore, made a call to the emergency number 112, claiming that a bomb had been planted in the rear general coach of train no.
12628.The Solapur police control room relayed the alert to the Divisional Security Control Room (DSCR/SUR), which informed GRP Control in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi police.When the train arrived at Wadi station near Kalaburagi around 1.21 am, personnel from GRP, local police, and the Railway Protection Force (RPF) thoroughly searched the rear general coach. No suspicious objects were found. Attempts to contact Rathore were initially unsuccessful as his phone was unreachable.Using mobile tracking applications, police traced Rathore, a resident of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, who was travelling from New Delhi to Guntakal. During questioning, Rathore claimed he suspected three fellow passengers of carrying narcotics or explosive substances, which prompted him to make the call. He further alleged that his mobile phone was briefly taken by the suspects and returned at Solapur station after RPF personnel intervened.The three passengers — Ganesh Magar (24), from Dadeldhura district, Nepal, Mintu Kumar (25), from Darbhanga, Bihar, and Shiv Thapa (26), from South Bengaluru, Karnataka — were identified and deboarded for questioning. They alleged that Rathore had been recording videos and taking photographs of their family, prompting them to temporarily seize his phone to delete the content. They were travelling from New Delhi to Bengaluru.At 2.25 am, the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) from Kalaburagi, along with sniffer dog 'Rani', conducted a detailed inspection of all coaches. At 4.15 am, the BDDS issued a "Safe Certificate," and the train resumed its journey at 4.34 am.
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