Rlys on alert after sabotage scare on Harbour line

Railway police have been put on high alert after they received an input from their informers regarding possible act of sabotage on the harbor line on Central Railway.

The Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police station in Kurla received an input from an intelligence source which stated that there is a possibility of a sabotage taking place on the railway line between Kurla- Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) stations between February 15 and February 17.

“Four days back, we received an input from an intelligence source who stated about a possibility that the harbor line would be blown up in a few days. Fortunately, it has not happened and it is likely that it would happen even later. Hence, we have asked the railway police to beef up the security on the railway stations,” said a source.

Following the tip off, the railway police have beefed up security across all the major railway stations. The railway police have increased the track patrolling as a security measure on the railway station. The Government Railway Police (GRP) have also conducted dog squad checking on the railway stations.

“Our teams have been conducting sabotage checking and increased the track patrolling across all railway stations after we received the tip-off from the city police. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) are also kept on high alert,” said a GRP official.

Attempts of sabotage has been made on tracks near Diva-Panvel, Kalamboli and Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in the past one month. Due to such attempts, railway police have been conducting regular track patrolling on several isolated spots also.