A man made at least 50 calls on helpline numbers, including Woman Helpline, threatening to blow up Bhopal station, triggering panic. The caller also claimed that two persons left for planting a bomb at Hoshangabad station. The man kept security forces on their toes for more than four hours and saw the police force scouring both Bhopal and Hoshangabad stations to look for any suspicious object or bombs. A similar hoax call was received at Narsinghpur station, sources said.
Not taking any chance, the woman helpline informed about the call to dial-100, which passed the information to security agencies and Government Railway Police (GRP).
GRP Bhopal TI@ Hemant Shrivastava said an alert was sounded at both the stations after receiving information from Dial 100 control room at 12.21 pm.
On receiving the information, the railway station was thoroughly searched. Bomb diffusion and disposal squad, sniffer dogs were pressed into service, but nothing was found, he said. Later, GRP personnel summed up it was hoax call and registered a case.
Sources said prankster called up helpline numbers around 12 noon, claiming a bomb was planted at Bhopal station and two persons were on the way to plant a bomb at Hoshangabad station. When the person at the helpline demanded to know his name, he refused to disclose his identity and disconnected the phone.
