Jhansi (UP), Jul 5 (PTI) The Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express, going from Delhi to Durg, was delayed by almost an hour after it was halted at Jhansi railway station here following a bomb threat, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said on Saturday. After the train left Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi around 6 pm on Friday, an unidentified person called the railway helpline 139 and claimed that a bomb had been planted in a sleeper coach of the train, the officials said. Also Read | Bengaluru Shocker: Civil Engineer Dies in Sleep After Drunken Brawl at Home; Wife Says Years of Abuse Drove Her To Hit Him With Wooden Stick in Self-Defence. They said the railway control room in Lucknow then took precautionary measures and started preparing to search the train at the next stop — Veerangana Laxmibai Jhansi station. At Jhansi railway station, City Magistrate Pramod Jha, Superintendent of Police (Railways) Vipul Kumar Srivastava, Railway Protection Force (RPF) Commandant Vivekanand Narayan and security officials reached the spot with adequate police force and evacuated platforms 2 and 3. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, July 05, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Saturday Lucky Draw Results Declared, Check Winners List With Ticket Numbers. Teams of RPF dog squad and bomb disposal squad were also called in. Other trains coming to these platforms were diverted to other platforms. After the train reached the station at 11.31 pm, nine minutes later than the scheduled time, all its coaches were checked, but nothing suspicious was found onboard, RPF Commandant Vivekanand Narayan said. The train then left the station for its onward journey at 12.24 am, a delay of about 54 minutes, according to the officials. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)