An alleged bomb threat at the Jammu railway station turned out to be a hoax after security agencies conducted thorough searches of the premises, the police said on Monday.
The hoax call was received from an unknown caller regarding the presence of a bomb at the main station on Sunday evening, a police official said.
Security deployed, including the railway police along with the J&K police, acted quickly and began searching the whole station to check and clear if anything suspicious was found at the station, the official added. He said the process of identifying the caller is going on.
Officials said the joint search operation at the railway station continued for several hours during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Sniffer dogs and metal detectors were also utilised during the search operation, which was carried out under the direct supervision of senior police officers, they said, adding security has been further beefed up at the railway station.
Hoax bomb threats have surged and become common across the country, especially targeting airlines, airports, trains, public offices, and also vital infrastructure.
Recent reports suggest that as many as 15 flights of different airlines received hoax threats till March 2025, taking the total tally of such threats to 833 since 2020, according to official data.
A total of 833 hoax bomb threats have been received by airline operators since 2020, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol told the Rajya Sabha, citing data from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
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