Chandigarh: A blast near a railway track in Punjab's Patiala district late Monday night triggered panic in the area, police said. An unidentified body was also recovered near the Shambhu–Ambala rail track where the incident occurred, a senior police official said. However, it is not clear whether it is linked to the blast, according to PTI.
Details of the Incident
The explosion caused some damage to the railway track, Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma said. The incident took place around 10 pm near a rail line dedicated to freight train movement. Soon after receiving information about the blast, senior police officials, including the Deputy Inspector General of Police and the Patiala SSP, reached the spot. Teams from the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) also arrived at the site.
“A low-intensity blast has taken place,” Patiala SSP Sharma told PTI over the phone. He added that an unidentified body in a dismembered condition has been recovered from the area. Asked whether the deceased was killed in the blast, the SSP said, “The matter is under investigation.”
Forensic Investigation Underway
Sharma said forensic experts have been called in to collect evidence and samples from the scene. Earlier in January, a blast on a railway track in the dedicated freight corridor in Sirhind in Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib district had damaged a train engine and left a loco pilot injured.
