There are three road routes from Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh’s capital, Lucknow – a distance of 796 kms. One takes over 13 hours to cover, the other 15 hours, and the third nearly 17 hours.

The “blast” linked to the gun battle in Lucknow is said to have occurred inside a general coach of the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train at Jabdi near Shajapur, injuring 10 people. It took no time for the UP police to claim the hand of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the low-intensity blast.

The blast occurred between 9:30 am and 10 am on 7 March. Later in the day, the UP police – acting on handy tip-offs from their counterparts in MP and Telangana – had all the information in their kitty and printed out on a press statement.