Rajdhani Express Blast
Jawans to pilot trains, special forces for track security: Guwahati/Calcutta, Dec 14: Jolted by the blast on Rajdhani Express, the Northeast Frontier Railway on Friday decided to revamp the existing security network on tracks across Assam with special emphasis on vulnerable stretches. Henceforth, personnel of the Railway Protection Force and Railway Protection Special Force, the combat wing of the RPF, will move ahead of the trains to carry out checks. Spokesman for the NF Railway, T. Rabha, said security on the railway tracks has been augmented to an “unprecedented level”. Five persons were killed and four injured when a bomb exploded underneath one of the coaches of the Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express between Naojan and Chongajan railway stations at 1.06am on Thursday. Though investigations are on to determine where and how the blast occurred, a senior North East Frontier Railway division official in Calcutta today said the bomb exploded in a luggage van, hinting at how security in the c...