West Midnapore:
The Railways have filed a First Information Report (FIR) for the Gyaneshwari Express derailment in West Bengal which killed 120 people.
The FIR has been filed by the train driver against unknown people, but there is no mention of Maoists. It, however, mentions the sound of a blast.
"There are no specific leads in the FIR, no specific accusation against an individual or a group or an organisation or a body. It just says this this this happened. I heard a blast and I saw smoke and that's about all. I would say it is inadequate," said Dilip Mitra, Additional Director General, GRP.
The incident occurred at 1:30 am on Friday when the Mumbai-bound train was running between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations, about 135 km from Kolkata.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Friday said a bomb blast as part of a "calculated attack" caused the Gyaneshwari Express to first derail and then get hit by a goods train.
Speaking to NDTV hours after the incident, the minister said administration and police authorities had informed her that there had indeed been a blast.
There was confusion through the morning on whether a blast caused the tracks to break or had fishplates had been removed. Police said about a one-foot section of track was missing.
The West Bengal police had also said that Maoist-backed organization People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) has claimed responsibility for the Gyaneshwari Express accident.
"Two posters belonging to the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) have been found at the site," West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh had told NDTV.
The FIR has been filed by the train driver against unknown people, but there is no mention of Maoists. It, however, mentions the sound of a blast.
"There are no specific leads in the FIR, no specific accusation against an individual or a group or an organisation or a body. It just says this this this happened. I heard a blast and I saw smoke and that's about all. I would say it is inadequate," said Dilip Mitra, Additional Director General, GRP.
The incident occurred at 1:30 am on Friday when the Mumbai-bound train was running between Khemasoli and Sardiya stations, about 135 km from Kolkata.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had on Friday said a bomb blast as part of a "calculated attack" caused the Gyaneshwari Express to first derail and then get hit by a goods train.
Speaking to NDTV hours after the incident, the minister said administration and police authorities had informed her that there had indeed been a blast.
There was confusion through the morning on whether a blast caused the tracks to break or had fishplates had been removed. Police said about a one-foot section of track was missing.
The West Bengal police had also said that Maoist-backed organization People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) has claimed responsibility for the Gyaneshwari Express accident.
"Two posters belonging to the Maoist-backed People's Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) have been found at the site," West Bengal Director General of Police Bhupinder Singh had told NDTV.
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