Hours after 20 coaches of the Sabarmati Categorical derailed close to Kanpur, the preliminary probe has hinted at a conspiracy behind the accident. The practice derailed after the engine hit an ‘object positioned on the monitor’. In line with Police, whereas monitor locks have been discovered close to the practice, an enormous boulder was positioned on the monitor resulting in the accident. Simply 1.5 hours earlier than the accident, one other practice had handed on the identical monitor safely. Police imagine that the boulder was positioned on the monitor between 1am and a couple of.30 am. The practice derailment happened round 2.35am. On the identical monitor at 1.20 am, a Patna-Indore practice crossed uninterrupted, Railway Board officers mentioned.
The Railways reported that seven trains have been cancelled and three others have been diverted following the derailment. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Intelligence Bureau and Uttar Pradesh police are investigating the incident. He additionally talked about that preparations are being made to make sure the passengers can proceed their journeys.
In a submit on X, Vaishnaw mentioned, “The engine of Sabarmati Categorical (Varanasi to Amdavad) hit an object positioned on the monitor and derailed close to Kanpur at 02:35 am right this moment. Sharp hit marks are noticed. Proof is protected. IB and UP police are additionally engaged on it. No accidents to passengers or workers. Trains have been organized for passengers on their onward journey to Amdavad.”
The engine of Sabarmati Categorical (Varanasi to Amdavad) hit an object positioned on the monitor and derailed close to Kanpur at 02:35 am right this moment.
Sharp hit marks are noticed. Proof is protected. IB and UP police are additionally engaged on it.
No accidents to passengers or workers. Prepare organized…
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) August 17, 2024
Police Commissioner, Kanpur, Akhil Kumar, mentioned the loco pilot knowledgeable the police that he had seen one thing on the tracks from a distance and he instantly utilized the emergency brakes that resulted within the derailment, however he did not elaborate on what he noticed. Kumar mentioned that no FIR had been lodged on this connection until Saturday night because the police had not acquired a written criticism from the railways thus far. “A chunk of iron which was allegedly positioned on the tracks leading to practice derailment has been discovered about 70 to 80 yards away from the incident web site and no dragging indicators have been there,” the police commissioner mentioned.
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Railway Board officers are investigating the doable involvement of miscreants or anti-social components, as preliminary findings counsel that the practice’s engine might have struck an object intentionally positioned on the tracks. They reported discovering overseas materials close to the 16th coach of the practice.
In line with the officers, the extent of the injury to the engine’s cattle guard signifies that it collided with this overseas object, resulting in the derailment. The locomotive pilot additionally famous {that a} boulder struck the cattle guard, inflicting important injury and bending the entrance portion of the engine.
