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This is an archive article published on February 21, 2024

54 detonators found at Kalyan railway station, investigation on

Apart from GRP, officers from Thane police and Anti-Terrorism Squad too visited the spot and are looking into the matter.

54 detonators found at Kalyan railway station, investigation onPersonnel with boxes containing detonators. (Express photo by Deepak Joshi)

As many as 54 detonators were found abandoned in two boxes at Kalyan railway station on Wednesday following which the Government Railway Police (GRP) has launched a probe.

The police was alerted after train passengers found the boxes lying unattended on platform number 1 of Kalyan station on the Central Railway (CR) route.

The Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) personnel and dog squad were immediately called to the spot.

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The BDDS team took the boxes into custody and found 54 detonators inside them.

The local GRP were in the process of registering a case against unidentified persons.

Apart from GRP, officers from Thane police and Anti-Terrorism Squad too visited the spot and are looking into the matter.

Usually, detonators are used in Thane district for carrying out blasting operations in quarries.

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