Guwahati: A suspected bomb explosion on a railway track near Kokrajhar in western Assam affected train services for more than four hours on Thursday.

According to Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), the suspected blast on track was detected at around 1am between Salakati and Kokrajhar railway station when a goods train had to stop following a heavy jerk.

\"On checking, it was found that there was damage on the track and sleepers, due to a suspected bomb blast. State Police, RPF and intelligence authorities are investigating the matter. The track was restored at 5:25am and normal train running has resumed,\" NFR's Chief Public Relations Officer, Kapinjal Kishore Sarma said in a statement.

He said eight trains had to halt due to the incident. Patrolling has been intensified in the section.

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