Ahead of Republic Day, minor blast damages railway track ; loco pilot injured

Ahead of Republic Day, minor blast damages railway track ; loco pilot injured

Ahead of Republic Day, a blast blew off a portion of the railway track near Sirhind station in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district and injured the loco pilot of a freight train, police said.

The engine of the train was also damaged. Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal said he was "deeply worried and shocked by the reported RDX blast".