Bomb hoax call triggers search of passenger train

LAHORE: An anonymous call on 15 helpline claimed a bomb has been planted in a passenger train, Fareed Express, police said on Tuesday.

Springing into action, a police team along with a bomb disposal squad last night stopped and thoroughly searched the passenger train after the bomb threat call but found nothing.

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The police said the call turned out to be a hoax, adding the man who made the call has been traced and arrested.

Wasim, a resident of Kanganpur, was arrested by the Kasur police. A first information report (FIR) has been registered against him with investigation launched.

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In 2014, a citizen was sentenced to 26 years in jail for making a hoax call to police claiming that he had placed bombs in a market and a busy children’s park. Police, bomb disposal experts and rescue workers were forced to rush to the scene at the time but found nothing.