A crude bomb was also recovered
New Delhi: An explosive and letter warning of retaliation for the killing of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Abu Dujana was found in the B3 coach of the Akal Takht Express, which was on way to Amritsar in Punjab from Howrah in West Bengal on late Wednesday.
A low-intensity bomb was recovered in a toilet of an express train on Thursday morning with a letter that warned of strikes to avenge the recent killing of a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
“A bomb-disposal team rushed to the spot and the device was defused,” superintendent of police Saumitra Yadav said.
A note was found wrapped around the packet that said “Dujana ki shahaadat ka badla abb Hindustan ko chukaana padega (India will have to pay for Dujana’s martyrdom)”.
The railway official stopped the train at around 1.14am and vacated the B3 and B4 coaches at Akbarganj station in Amethi district, after they were alerted about a suspicious packet.
The train was allowed to continue the journey after police inspected all the coaches. The railway police have been asked to remain vigilant while escorting trains across the state.
Abu Dujana, one of the longest serving militant commanders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba was killed by Security forces in Kashmir’s Pulwama on August 1 in what they claimed to be a major success for troops.
Dujana was among the longest surviving foreign militants in Kashmir, hailing from the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and carried a reward of Rs 15 lakh.
