TV
To get to the bottom of the triple train crash, which occurred near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district on June 2, leaving 293 dead and over 1000 injured, the CBI is interrogating the three railway employees who were arrested on Friday.
The SP and DIG rank officers interrogated the arrested trio including senior section engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, section engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and technician Pappu Kumar- at Chandaka Police Station in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, the CBI is on the job to extract the truth behind the mishap and whether it was a manual error or a conspiracy.
Meanwhile, the CBI has summoned another railway staff. However, the identity of the staff is yet to be ascertained.
According to experts, the role of the Divisional Signalling Telecommunication Engineer, Senior Divisional Signalling Telecommunication Engineer and Chief Signalling Telecommunication Engineer can’t be ruled out.
“On June 2, the old electric lifting barrier was removed from Balasore station and installed at Bahanaga station. The three arrested persons had executed the installation work. As the inquiry report of the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) held them responsible for the tragedy, the CBI arrested them,” said Debabrata Kamila, former railway official.
Railways expert MNS Ray said, “What I have understood is that the accident occurred due to interlocking failure and installing and implementing the modified circuit design without testing. Primarily they (the arrested persons) are field staff. And the chances of them committing mistakes are high. So, senior engineers should also have been involved.”
