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New Delhi: The railways has said that ten detonators, which it termed “harmless”, recently went off on tracks in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district, prompting the authorities to briefly halt a military train.
The incident happened on Wednesday near Sagphata between Nepanagar and Khandwa stations of Bhusawal division. The Railway Protection Force is probing it, the railway official said.
These detonators are called crackers, and when they explode, they make a loud sound which is a signal for an obstruction, fog or mist ahead, said the official.
“These detonators are regularly used by the railways and were put there (on tracks). There was no need to put them there, that is why RPF is thoroughly investigating it,” the official said.