Authorities recovered 40 kilograms of explosive material and foiled the sabotage act. — Photo by APP

DERA MURAD JAMALI: Police foiled a plan to blow up a railway track with explosive material in the Mangoli area of Jaffarabad district on Tuesday.

“A police party rushed to the site after receiving information that unknown men had attached explosive material with the railway track passing through the Mangoli area”, police said.

The police party, along with the bomb disposal squad, recovered 40 kilograms of explosive material and foiled the sabotage act.

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