In a latest development of the Balasore train tragedy‘s probe, a special court in Bhubaneshwar has sent the three accused railway officials linked to this accident to judicial custody after the end of their CBI remand period.
According to the officials, senior Section Engineer (Signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar, who have been placed under suspension by the Railways, were produced before the CBI Special Court on Friday after their remand period ended.
The trio were arrested by the CBI on July 7. They were charged under the IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) and under Section 153 of the Railways Act.
The CBI is yet to submit its probe report on this case. Meanwhile, the inquiry report of the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), South Eastern Circle, has stated that the accident took place due to ‘lapses’ in the signalling circuit alteration.
Several top railways officials were also been transferred amid the probe, however, the railways called it ‘routine’.
Odisha triple train accident was one of the deadliest train incidents, which claimed almost 293 lives and over 1,200 injured when the Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary freight train at Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district, and some of its derailed coaches collided with Yeshwantpur-Howrah Express, on June 2.
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