Bhubaneswar (Odisha): No trains will stop at the Bahanaga Bazar station as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has sealed the station, an official said on Saturday. The CBI is investigating the horrendous triple train mishap that occurred on June 2 in the Balasore district of Odisha. 288 passengers were killed in the fourth deadliest accident in the history of Indian Railways, which involved the Coromandel Express. Over 1,100 were injured.
After the restoration of both the up and down line, at least seven trains, mostly local, were halting at the Bahanaga Bazar station. But officials of the South Eastern Railway (SER) said the decision has been taken that no trains will halt there as the country's premier probe agency has sealed the Bahanaga Bazar station after seizing the log book, relay panel, and equipment.
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"The relay interlocking panel has been sealed prohibiting access of the staff to the signalling system, no passenger or goods train would stop at Bahanaga Bazar till further notice," SER Chief Public Relations Officer, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary told reporters on Saturday.
According to the PRO, though around 170 trains pass through the Bahanaga Bazar Railway station every day, only passenger trains train like Bhadrak-Balasore MEMU, Howrah Bhadrak Baghajatin Fast Passenger, Kharagpur Khurda road fast passenger, used to stop at the station for a minute. The officer also said that out of the 1,208 injured persons, the Railways has already provided ex-gratia to 709 passengers.
On the recommendation of the Railways Ministry, the CBI has begun a probe into the deadly train mishap. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited the accident spot, had said that the guilty would be punished.
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