A suspected blast damaged a railway track in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district, near the India-Pakistan border, late on Tuesday night, shortly after a passenger train had passed through the area. No casualties were reported, police said.

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The incident took place at around 9.45 p.m. near 50 GB village in the Anupgarh area, along the Anupgarh-Suratgarh railway line near the Ramsinghpur police station. According to preliminary information, a passenger train had crossed the same stretch about 45 minutes before the suspected blast.

Two cement pillars damaged, hole found under track

The suspected blast damaged two cement pillars supporting the railway track and left a hole about two feet deep beneath the rails. Train services on the affected section were halted as a precaution, and two passenger trains were cancelled.

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"Premature to conclude it was an explosion": SP

Sri Ganganagar Superintendent of Police Harishankar, who inspected the spot with his team and railway officials, cautioned against jumping to conclusions. "It would be premature to conclude whether it was an explosion or something else," he said, adding that the incident has no link with the 7.5 kg of RDX seized earlier from the India-Pakistan border area.

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A forensic team and the Bomb Disposal Squad were sent to the site, and reports said Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and dog squad personnel also joined the examination. Police and security agencies said the exact nature and cause of the incident would be established only after the forensic examination, and whether the track was deliberately targeted has not been determined.

Security was tightened in the surrounding area after the incident. Further investigation is under way.