Several stations including Moradabad, Bareilly and Haridwar railway stations received bomb threats on Sunday. A letter in this regard has been sent to the station superintendent of Roorkee. Describing himself as the Jaish-e-Muhammad’s Area Commander Salim Ansari, the sender of the threatening letter has spoken of a bomb blast at these stations on May 21. Apart from this, in the letter, many religious places of Haridwar and the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand have also been threatened with bombs. The station superintendent has apprised the RPF and GRP as well as Moradabad DRM Ajay Nandan about the entire episode.
An inland letter arrived on Sunday in the name of Roorkee station superintendent LK Verma. Describing himself as Jaish-e-Muhammad’s Area Commander Salim Ansari, the sender said that on May 21, he will blow up the stations of Haridwar, Laksar, Roorkee, Dehradun, Rishikesh, Kathgodam, Moradabad and Bareilly. On May 23, Haridwar’s religious place Mansha Devi will also target Harki Paidi, as well as blow up the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand with a bomb.
Station Superintendent Roorkee has sent a copy of the threat letter to the DRM on WhatsApp. At the same time, GRP and RPF were also apprised of this letter. Taking the letter seriously, the Railways has started this investigation. At the same time, the GRP is engaged in checking the writing of the letter and the stamp of the post office on the letter. Let us tell you that many times in the past also there have been threats to blow up railway stations with bombs.