Uttarakhand: Threatening to blow up six railway stations and religious places including Haridwar-Roorkee, CM is also mentioned in the letter

The superintendent of Roorkee railway station has received a threatening letter threatening to blow up several railway stations including Laksar, Najibabad, Dehradun, Roorkee, Rishikesh, Haridwar railway station, besides Haridwar and other religious places on May 21. The sender of the letter has described himself as the area commander of the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed.

It has been told that the name of the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand is also on the target in the letter. There has been an uproar from Haridwar to Najivabad after receiving the letter. The police has started investigating the sender of the letter. Along with this, vigilance has been increased at railway stations of Uttarakhand and UP.

According to railway sources, the Roorkee railway station superintendent received a threatening letter on Saturday evening. The letter is written in broken Hindi. In this, threatening to blow up Laksar, Najibabad, Dehradun, Roorkee, Rishikesh, Haridwar railway stations by posing as Salim Ansari, the area commander of terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed. Along with this, he has also threatened to target other religious places including Mansha Devi, Chandi Devi in ​​Haridwar.

A railway official said on the condition of anonymity that the higher officials have been informed about the letter. At the same time, the police is busy in getting the information of the sender of the letter. If sources are to be believed, the police is matching the handwriting of such threatening letters received in the past. Let us inform that the Roorkee railway station superintendent had received such a threatening letter in April 2019.

Although like the letters received earlier, it can also be someone's mischief but due to the sensitive matter, the police is in alert mode. Till late night, railway and police officials refrained from saying anything about it. Roorkee GRP's Acting Police Station Mamta Gola said that information has been received about receiving the letter.

Threatening letters have already been received

In April 2019, a similar letter was received by the Roorkee railway station superintendent, threatening to carry out blasts at railway stations on May 13. After that the security of the railway station and surrounding areas was increased. However, such threatening letters were also received in November 2021 by the railway station superintendent of Meerut and Hapur.