Explosion on Rly track near Haflong

There was an explosion on railway track near Tunnel no 11 at Mahur last night caused minor damage to the railway line. It is learnt that a bomb was planted on the railway track and exploded at about 10.30 PM yesterday. All the passengers and goods trains were stranded at various stations in between Haflong and Harangajao and Maibang- Haflong. After thorough security check all the stranded trains were allowed to proceed at about 7.40 AM today. Talking to this correspondent over phone, Sri Ajit Pandit, Divisional Railway Manager, Lumding, informed as on now, the running of all the trains are restored and elaborate security arrangement has been made from Railway end. He said the district administration is also appraised about the incident. But he expressed doubts whether the train services could be continued if such incidents or attack on railway continued. He expressed concern over the difficulties faced by the passengers due to such attacks on Railway.