Hoax call sends cops into a tizzy

The call eventually turned out to be a hoax and nothing suspicious was found during extensive checks at railway stations in Surat, Nadiad and Ahmedabad throughout the day.

Devendra Vaghela, the stationmaster at Anand, received a letter threatening of high intensity bombs being placed in the Gujarat Express and the Karnavati Express. The caller identified himself as an accomplice of Abu Bashir, the prime accused in the Ahmedabad blasts, who is now in police custody. Written in Gujarati, the letter said: 8220;We have received money to plant bombs on the trains and they will explode soon.8221;

Vaghela immediately informed his counterparts at Surat, Nadiad and Kalupur railway stations in Ahmedabad. GRP personnel carried out an extensive search on the trains with the help of the local police, the Dog Squad and the Bomb Disposal Squad. 8220;The search at Kalupur railway station lasted for more than three hours,8221; said Inspector D B Jadeja.