Letter threatening to blow up railway stations received

A letter allegedly sent by Jaish-e-Mohammad to a station master on Sunday threatening to blow up nearly half-a-dozen railway stations and some religious places in UP and Uttarakhand on the Republic Day has sent the security forces into a tizzy.

The Government Railway Police has lodged a complaint and were investigating the source from where the letter originated, railway officers at Moradabad said.

Station master of Nazibabad railway station in Uttar Pradesh JS Dwiwedi received a letter threatening to blow railway stations at Rampur, Nazibabad, Laksar, Roorkie and Rishikesh, besides, various religious places in Uttarakhand, they said.

The letter has been sent from some place in Jammu and Kashmir by one Tasleem Mohammad, who claims himself to be self-styled area commander of JeM, the officers said, adding that the address mentioned was found to be fake during initial investigation.

The contents of the letter are being examined and the home secretaries of both the states have been informed, security commissioner Vivek Sagar told reporters.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the threat, leave of GRP personnel has been cancelled and security at the railway stations has been beefed up.

Intelligence agencies have been put on alert and intensive checking is being done at all strategic points under Moradabad division, superintendent of police (GRP) Rajendra Singh Churamani said.