Ghaziabad man held for making hoax call about train derailment to police control room

A man was arrested here on Thursday for allegedly making a hoax call to Lucknow police control room about a train derailment, police said.

The man was identified as Hritik, a resident of Duhai village, they said.

Around 4:30 pm on March 10, Hritik informed Lucknow police control room that 12 coaches of a train had derailed near Duhai Halt on the Meerut-Delhi route, saying railway property had been damaged in the accident and there were many casualties, Superintendent of Police (rural) Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said.

Local police personnel and seven police response vehicles (PRVs) were rushed to the spot. However, after reaching there, they found that there had been no such accident, he said.

When police tried to contact Hritik, his phone was switched off. His location was traced and he was arrested this morning under the IT Act, he added.

Jadaun said Hritik told police that he was in an inebriated condition when he made the call. He said he did it to have fun and create a problem for police.