Chandigarh: Nine iron rods were found on the tracks in Punjab's Bathinda district, disrupting railway traffic for a brief period, officials said on Monday. The rods were found on Sunday near Bangi Nagar on the Delhi-Bathinda route. A Government Railway Police (GRP) official said a goods train loco pilot spotted the rods.

In Punjab, nine iron rods were found on the Delhi-Bathinda Express tracks. This incident is part of a series of recent purported train derailment acts suggesting possible sabotage attempts across the country.

On the same day an LPG cylinder was found lying on the railway tracks near Perambur Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, Government Railway Police (GRP) in Punjab's Bathinda recovered nine iron rods from the Delhi-Bathinda Express railway tracks.

Loco pilot of goods train travelling from Bathinda to BWL Kori spotted rods, which were removed by the pointsman and the assistant station master

The motive behind the incident remains unknown so far. The GRP have registered a case against unknown persons and are investigating the incident.

This comes amid a spate of attempts to derail trains as several suspicious items have been found along the railway tracks across the country recently.