Explosives recovered from Faizabad station

FAIZABAD (UP): Police recovered about ten kilograms of explosives and 20 litres of ammonium nitrate from the railway station here in the wee hours on Wednesday, hours after serial blasts rocked Gorakhpur district.

The explosives were recovered at around 2 am from the second class waiting room on platform No. 1 of the station during a routine search by Railway Police personnel, sources said.

"The nature of explosives was yet to be ascertained," they said adding that a team of experts has rushed from Lucknow to this town to determine the nature of the seized items and also possible motives.

The investigators will also look into whether the recovery from the station has any link with Tuesday's three low intensity blasts in a crowded shopping area of Gorakpur in which five persons were injured.