PESHAWAR, March 20: A portion of the railway track was damaged when a bomb went off in Nowshera early on Sunday.

The incident took place in the limit of Nowshera Kalan police station. According to locals, the bomb damaged around 30-feet portion of the track.

Police said that unidentified miscreants had planted a remote-controlled device near a railway bridge at Wattar area in Nowshera, which exploded with a big bang. The bridge, however, remained intact. Fortunately, no train was passing the area at the time of blast.

Soon after the blast, the railway service was suspended for some hours. The damaged track was later repaired. Windowpanes of the nearby houses were also smashed due to the blast.

The police rushed to the site and cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. The FIR was registered in Nowshera Kalan police station against unknown miscreants.

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