Chapra: A passenger train headed from New Delhi to Assam derailed early this morning in Bihar, killing four people. In another accident in the state, a freight train went off the tracks; there were no casualties in that accident.
Railway authorities and police were investigating whether the first accident was caused by sabotage by Naxal rebels. At about 2 am, 12 carriages of the Rajdhani Express toppled over near the Chapra station, 75 kilometres from the state capital of Patna. (See pics)
"Prima facie, it appears to be a case of sabotage," Railway Board chairman Arunendra Kumar told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency. "There was a blast on the track, which could have caused the derailment."
Maoist rebels had earlier called for a strike in the area to protest against the security forces and police said they had recovered three crude explosive devices that had been planted in a marketplace in a nearby town.
For the train that derailed, this security check was not conducted. "We can't escort every train," said Madhuresh Kumar, General Manager, East Central Railway.
Railway authorities and police were investigating whether the first accident was caused by sabotage by Naxal rebels. At about 2 am, 12 carriages of the Rajdhani Express toppled over near the Chapra station, 75 kilometres from the state capital of Patna. (See pics)
"Prima facie, it appears to be a case of sabotage," Railway Board chairman Arunendra Kumar told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency. "There was a blast on the track, which could have caused the derailment."
Maoist rebels had earlier called for a strike in the area to protest against the security forces and police said they had recovered three crude explosive devices that had been planted in a marketplace in a nearby town.
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For the train that derailed, this security check was not conducted. "We can't escort every train," said Madhuresh Kumar, General Manager, East Central Railway.
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