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An anonymous call warning that some terrorists carrying bombs are travelling in one of the coaches of the Mangalore-Chennai express train on Friday turned out to be a hoax,police said.
The Salem railway station received a call at around 9 am stating that some terrorists are travelling in one of the coaches of the Mangalore-Chennai express with bombs.
The railway authorities immediately informed the police,who searched all the coaches of the train when it reached in Salem at 9.45 am.
A sniffer dog was also pressed into the service. However,nothing suspicious could be traced in the train and the train continued with its journey,police said.
The call was later traced to a local phone booth. Meanwhile,a pistol being carried by a police official went off accidentally,creating panic while the search process was on in the train.
Luckily,nobody was injured in the incident,police said. The pistol went off accidentally while a police official was unloading it,according to police.
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