DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two bogies of a Quetta-bound train derailed when a bomb exploded at the main railway track in Dera Allahyar area of Jaffarabad district on Saturday.

Police officials said that unidentified people had planted an improvised explosive device at the track linking Balochistan with the rest of the country and detonated it when Akbar Khan Bugti Express was near Goth Khosa Laro.

“A portion of the track blew up and bogies No 4 and 5 derailed due to the explosion,” a police official said. However, it caused no casualty and the passengers travelling remained safe.

Soon after the blast, personnel of the Frontier Corps and police force cordoned off the area.

Train service remained suspended for some time after the blast.

Railway engineers and other staff from Sibi reached the place of the blast and started repairing the track.

“Train service has been restored after the repair,” a Quetta-based Pakistan Railways official said.

Published in Dawn February 22nd , 2015

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