Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train explosion: NIA team reaches Bhopal for investigation

Bhopal: National Investigation Agency team, on Wednesday, reached the city for investigating Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train explosion that took place on March 7 last. It is being suspected to be the first ever attack of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in India, in which at least 12 people were injured.

It could be recalled that an explosion had taken place in the general coach of the 59320 Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train at around 1000 hours on Tuesday last. The Madhya Pradesh government had announced the compensation of Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 to the severely injured and injured people, respectively.

The incident:

• The blast occurred in the general coach of the train when it was on its way to Ujjain from Bhopal.
• The medical teams have taken the injured to the hospital and an anti-bomb squad has also been deployed to the site.
• The explosion took place in the first compartment between Jabri and Kalapipal stations near Shujalpur in Madhya Pradesh.