Brahmaputra Mail Derailed
One killed, many injured:
New Jalpaiguri, Dec 10: One person was killed and 32 passengers were injured when 14 bogies of Brahmaputra Mail derailed about 15 km from New Jalpaiguri junction on Sunday.
A body of a pantry worker was recovered from the pantry car early this morning, Additional Divisional Railway Manager of New Jalpaiguri N Punnuswamy, who is supervising rescue operations on the spot, told reporters.
The victim's identity is yet to be established, he said adding that gas cutters were used to cut through the pantry car and few other bogies.
Following the derailment, movement of trains to the north-east region has been stopped, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) sources said. They added the rescue work was going on at a war-footing to clear the tracks and restore the railway-link to the north-east.
Meanwhile, the cause of the accident is yet to be known. "An inquiry has been ordered by the NFR and only after the report is available, we shall be able to find out the exact reason behind the incident," said Punnuswami, who, while replying to a question, did not rule out the possibility of sabotage behind the derailment.
Earlier, a railway official had said sabotage couldn't be ruled out as the train was coming from an area racked by separatist and tribal insurgencies for the past 60 years.
"Any train traveling in this region has a high concentration of security forces and we will start an investigation to see if fish-plates were removed to cause the accident," Trikal Rabha, chief PRO, had said.
Sources at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where eight of the injured were admitted, said the condition of one patient was critical.
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New Jalpaiguri, Dec 10: One person was killed and 32 passengers were injured when 14 bogies of Brahmaputra Mail derailed about 15 km from New Jalpaiguri junction on Sunday.
A body of a pantry worker was recovered from the pantry car early this morning, Additional Divisional Railway Manager of New Jalpaiguri N Punnuswamy, who is supervising rescue operations on the spot, told reporters.
The victim's identity is yet to be established, he said adding that gas cutters were used to cut through the pantry car and few other bogies.
Following the derailment, movement of trains to the north-east region has been stopped, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) sources said. They added the rescue work was going on at a war-footing to clear the tracks and restore the railway-link to the north-east.
Meanwhile, the cause of the accident is yet to be known. "An inquiry has been ordered by the NFR and only after the report is available, we shall be able to find out the exact reason behind the incident," said Punnuswami, who, while replying to a question, did not rule out the possibility of sabotage behind the derailment.
Earlier, a railway official had said sabotage couldn't be ruled out as the train was coming from an area racked by separatist and tribal insurgencies for the past 60 years.
"Any train traveling in this region has a high concentration of security forces and we will start an investigation to see if fish-plates were removed to cause the accident," Trikal Rabha, chief PRO, had said.
Sources at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, where eight of the injured were admitted, said the condition of one patient was critical.
Posted on: The Times of India
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