CBI Arrests Three Railway Employees in Connection with Balasore Train Accident
Summary:
★Three railway employees have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Balasore train accident.
★The arrested individuals have been identified as Senior Section Engineer Arun Kumar Mohanta, Section Engineer Mohammad Amir Khan, and Technician Pappu Kumar.
★They are being held under sections 304 and 201 CrPC, which are related to destruction of evidence and culpable homicide.
★Investigations have confirmed that error and negligence by the Signal and Telecommunication department staff led to the tragic rail accident on June 2.
★The Commissioner of Railway Safety has stated that lapses at multiple levels in the S&T department were responsible for the accident.
Details:
★The CBI has arrested three railway employees in connection with the Balasore train accident that claimed the lives of over 290 passengers. The arrested individuals have been identified as Senior Section Engineer Arun Kumar Mohanta, Section Engineer Mohammad Amir Khan, and Technician Pappu Kumar.
★The employees have been held under sections 304 and 201 CrPC, which are related to destruction of evidence and culpable homicide.
★Investigations into the Balasore train tragedy have confirmed that error and negligence on the part of the Signal and Telecommunication (S&T) department staff were responsible for the accident.
★The Commissioner of Railway Safety of the South-Eastern zone, A M Chowdhary, has stated that lapses at multiple levels in the S&T department were responsible for the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express accident.
★Some of the lapses included wrong labelling of wires, which misled the S&T staff during signalling work at the railway station on June 2.
★The Commissioner of Railway Safety also found that a similar incident had occurred at Bankra Nayabaz station in the Kharagpur division of South-Eastern Railway on May 16, due to wrong wiring and cable fault.
★The CRS has stated that if corrective measures had been taken after the previous incident, the accident at Bahanaga Bazar station would not have occurred.
In conclusion, the CBI has arrested three railway employees in connection with the Balasore train accident. Investigations have revealed the role of error and negligence by the Signal and Telecommunication department staff in the tragic incident. The lapses at multiple levels in the S&T department have been identified as the main cause of the accident.
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