India | Posted on Jun 01, 2009 at 02:30pm IST

Bomb found near railway crossing in Ahmedabad


Ahmedabad: A powerful bomb was found on Monday near Phalej railway crossing in Ahmedabad, police said.

Police defused the bomb just minutes after a train passed over the device.

The bomb fitted with a timer was found by a security patrol in Anand station, said a senior police officer Ashok Kumar Mishra.

The bomb was timed for early morning but did not go off due to a fault in the device, Mishra said, adding a train had passed minutes before they found it.

Gujarat is one of the most communally sensitive states. A series of 16 bombs ripped through Ahmedabad in July last year, killing 45 people and wounding more than a hundred.

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