Threat to blow up Charbagh railway station in Lucknow

Security has been tightened at the Charbagh railway station in Lucknow after an anonymous letter threatened to blow up platforms one, two and three on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.

"Though the letter was received yesterday and police, Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force personnel conducted extensive checking on all the platforms, security has been enhanced in and around the station premises," a senior GRP official told PTI.

Over 300 policemen, including Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel, have been deployed at the station along with teams of bomb disposal squads, he said.