Ambedkar Nagar, April 28: Panic gripped passengers today following a hoax call claiming bomb threat in Delhi-bound Farakka Express, police said here.
Information was received at the Lucknow control room regarding bomb threat in Farakka Express running between Malda Town and New Delhi after which the train was stopped at Akbarpur railway station this evening, they said.
A thorough search was carried out and the information was found to be hoax, they said.
The train was delayed by around 50 minutes.
—-PTI—-