Title - Bomb on train route: KSRTC driver held

Kottayam: The police on Saturday nabbed the person who is suspected to have placed a bomb in a tiffin box near the Piravom railway station in Velloor Thursday. Senthil Kumar, 37 who is a KSRTC driver of Ernakulam depot, native of Mulunthuruthy, was held from a house at Panayoor near Shoranur. The police earlier recovered chemical used for making bomb from his home.

The bomb with an attached timer device was found from near the signal box adjacent to the track at around 9.45 am. A preliminary investigation by bomb squad had found that the explosive could have caused a low intensity blast and the substance used was Ammonium Nitrate.