Chandigarh: Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express from Jammu that was stopped and thoroughly searched for over four hours by the Army and police at Pathankot in Punjab following an alert about the presence of an explosive inside it, was allowed to proceed further today.

The alert was passed on to Punjab police by their J&K counterpart, following which the search operation was launched. The train, which had arrived at Pathankot at about 9:18 pm last night finally left the station at 1.57 am this morning after the search was over, police said. The train remained at Pathankot Cantt railway station for 4.34 hours.