<p>A major tragedy was today averted when a powerful bomb was found by the Railway Police inside a compartment of the Kachenjunga Express during a routine search after its arrival at the railway station here.<br /><br />Police suspect the hand of various anti-peace talk militant groups in Assam which could have been planning to attack trains.<br /><br />A high alert has been sounded across the state following the detection of the powerful bomb which was a programmable time device (PTD) weighing 4 to 5 kgs and it could have caused a major explosion, GRP sources said.<br /><br />They said the personnel on duty in the train noticed an unattended small, but heavy bag on empty seat no. 22 in S-5 reserved coach at Kamakhya railway station near Guwahati.<br />"As nobody claimed the bag at Guwahati railway station, where the train arrived at 5.20 am, the GRP personnel suspecting it to be a bomb evacuated about 1,100 passengers on board it and the crowded platform," they said.<br /><br />They immediately informed the bomb disposal squad, whose personnel rushed to spot and covered the suspicious bag with a safety blanket.<br /><br />Inside the bag was a steel milk can containing a programmable time device, four detonators, sand and splinters, police sources said."It was due to the alertness of the railway police men that a major tragedy was averted today," Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IGP (Law and Order), said."The GRP did very good work in saving so many lives," he said</p>
<p>A major tragedy was today averted when a powerful bomb was found by the Railway Police inside a compartment of the Kachenjunga Express during a routine search after its arrival at the railway station here.<br /><br />Police suspect the hand of various anti-peace talk militant groups in Assam which could have been planning to attack trains.<br /><br />A high alert has been sounded across the state following the detection of the powerful bomb which was a programmable time device (PTD) weighing 4 to 5 kgs and it could have caused a major explosion, GRP sources said.<br /><br />They said the personnel on duty in the train noticed an unattended small, but heavy bag on empty seat no. 22 in S-5 reserved coach at Kamakhya railway station near Guwahati.<br />"As nobody claimed the bag at Guwahati railway station, where the train arrived at 5.20 am, the GRP personnel suspecting it to be a bomb evacuated about 1,100 passengers on board it and the crowded platform," they said.<br /><br />They immediately informed the bomb disposal squad, whose personnel rushed to spot and covered the suspicious bag with a safety blanket.<br /><br />Inside the bag was a steel milk can containing a programmable time device, four detonators, sand and splinters, police sources said."It was due to the alertness of the railway police men that a major tragedy was averted today," Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IGP (Law and Order), said."The GRP did very good work in saving so many lives," he said</p>