HYDERABAD: Low intensity blasts did minor damage to upcountry track at two different locations near here on Thursday morning. Later in the day, the proscribed Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA) claimed responsibility for the explosions that fortunately did not result in any casualty.

The terrorist outfit made the claim in an email sent to this reporter and said the blasts were carried out to send a message to all ‘outsiders’ to leave Sindh.

Non-electric explosive devices were used on the tracks in Khursheed Colony in Kotri town, Jamshoro district, and near Detha railway station in Hyderabad rural taluka, according to bomb disposal squad (BDS) officials.

The blasts were reported at around 7.30am, which caused to break off a piece of around one foot and seven inches track in Khursheed Colony and about a 10 inch piece of the track near Detha railway station.

Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army claims responsibility for the explosions

The railway authorities suspended traffic after the blasts and restored it after the tracks were repaired by 10am. Trains bound for upcountry were stopped at Hyderabad, Kotri and Thatta railway stations for some time.

A BDS official Ramazan Panhwar said that explosives used in the Hyderabad blast weighed around 200 to 250 grams and the one used in Kotri was 300 to 400 grams.

He said that no electric device was found attached to the explosives which indicated that miscreants lurked in the area when the blasts occurred.

Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2022