'Bomb box' triggers panic in Howrah station

KOLKATA: An unclaimed box marked 'Explosives', found in an empty compartment of a Bhadrak-bound passenger train, triggered panic at the Howrah station on Tuesday.
    
The box, painted green, was found by the Railway Protection Force and efforts are on to ascertain whether it belonged to the Defence ministry and that it contained explosives or not.
    
Passengers were asked to keep a safe distance as army, bomb squad personnel and police cordoned off the spot which led to suspension of trains from the platform, Superintendent of Railway police B L Meena said.
    
A sniffer dog was also brought, he said.
    
"The bomb squad personnel were asked to ascertain if the box, which looked like one containing ammunition, belonged to the Defence ministry and whether it contained explosives or ammunition," he said.