After the derailment of nine coaches of the New Farakka Express, Senior section engineer of signalling, Vinod Kumar Sharma, and electrical signal maintainer at Kudanganj, Amarnath have been suspended.
New Delhi: Railways suspended two officials Thursday over derailment of the New Farakka Express, senior officials said. They said that the signal inspector and the electrical signal maintainer were suspended to facilitate the probe. [caption id=“attachment_5359161” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]![File image of the accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli. 101 Reporters]()
File image of the accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli. 101 Reporters[/caption] “The indications are that the cause of the accident was prima facie wrong signalling. We have suspended the two on the recommendation of the chief commissioner of railway safety to ensure that no evidence is tampered with,” a senior official of the railways said. Senior section engineer, signalling, Bachrawa, Vinod Kumar Sharma and electrical signal maintainer at Kudanganj, Amarnath have been suspended, Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar said. Eight coaches and the engine of the New Delhi bound New Farakka Express
derailed near Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli early Wednesday, killing at least five people and seriously injuring nine.
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