September 9, 2024: A passenger train hit an LPG cylinder placed on a stretch of railway tracks in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district on Sunday, police said. No passenger was hurt in the incident.
According to the police, the incident happened when Kalindi Express, travelling from Prayagraj to Bhiwani in Haryana, was passing through Kanpur’s Shivrajpur area.
The locomotive pilot spotted an LPG cylinder and other and suspicious items on the tracks, after which he applied brakes, but even after that the train hit the cylinder before coming to a halt. 
After the incident, senior police officials of the Kanpur Police and Anti-Terrorism Squad (STS) arrived at the spot and recovered the LPG cylinder along with a bottle of petrol, explosives and matchboxes. 
An FIR was registered by the Kanpur Police in connection with the incident and at least two people were also detained for questioning.