Champawat: A conspiracy was hatched to cause a rail accident in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. However, the accident was averted due to the presence of mind of the loco pilot.
The incident took place in the Khatima area of Udham Singh Nagar district. According to the information, anti-social elements had placed pieces of cable on the railway track in Khatima. It is a matter of luck that the loco pilot of the Dehradun Tanakpur Weekly Express train noticed it and averted a major accident by stopping the train.
It is being told that the express train coming from Dehradun was going to Tanakpur. At around 3.29 am, the loco pilot of the Dehradun Tanakpur Express train noticed the pieces of cable kept on the railway track. The loco pilot immediately stopped the train and informed the officials about the matter.
Along with this, the pieces of cable were also handed over to the Banbasa station superintendent. If the loco pilot had not noticed the pieces of cable lying on the track, a major accident could have happened.
At present, a complaint has been lodged with the Khatima Kotwali police by the Railway Department, after which the police also started investigating the incident. Apart from this, other agencies, including the Railway Police Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) also started investigating the case and are trying to find out, who laid such a thick cable wire on the railway track.
Given the seriousness of the matter, RPF Commandant Pawan Kumar Srivastava and Assistant Commandant Mohammad Shariq Khan, along with Railway Force SP City Udham Singh Nagar Manoj Katyal, CO Vimal Rawat, Kotwal Manohar Singh Gusain Civil Police Uttarakhand investigated the matter. Based on a complaint lodged by the RPF, the Khatima Kotwali police registered a case against the unknown.
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