Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

AFTER BOMB THREAT SECURITY UPPED AT UP, U’KHAND RLY STNS

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LUCKNOW : Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhan­d have been put on high alert after an anonymous bomb threat letter was received by the government railway police (GRP) in Haridwar (Uttarakhan­d) on Monday, officials said. The handwritte­n letter in Hindi threatened to blow up at least half-a-dozen railway stations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhan­d on October 20, they added. The letter read, “Our jihadis are being killed. We will definitely take revenge and bomb railway stations in UP and Uttarakhan­d.”

LUCKNOW: Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhan­d have been put on high alert after an anonymous bomb threat letter was received by the government railway police (GRP) in Haridwar (Uttarakhan­d) on Monday, officials said.

The handwritte­n letter in Hindi also threatened to blow up at least half-a-dozen railway stations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhan­d on October 20, they added.

Superinten­dent of police (GRP), Moradabad, Subhash Dubey said: “The GRP officials in Haridwar have received an anonymous letter threatenin­g to blow up railway stations in UP and Uttarakhan­d. We have beefed up security at Rampur, Moradabad and Bareilly railway stations.”

“The letter is in Hindi and in very poor handwritin­g. Efforts are being made to track the person who has written it. We are consulting handwritin­g experts to find out if it is a hoax. We have received similar letters in the past. Since the festive season is on, stations are already on high alert and thorough checking is being done,” he added.

The letter read, “Our jihadis are being killed. We will definitely take revenge and bomb railway stations in UP and Uttarakhan­d.” Besides Bareilly and Rampur, the letter also threatened to blow up Haridwar, Dehradun, Moradabad, Nainital, Saharanpur and Muzaffarna­gar railway stations.

 ?? MAHIPAL SINGH/HT PHOTO ?? ▪ Police checking drive at Aligarh railway station after bomb threat.
MAHIPAL SINGH/HT PHOTO ▪ Police checking drive at Aligarh railway station after bomb threat.

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