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Odisha train accident: FIR registered against unknown persons, CBI to take over probe
According to the procedure, the CBI re-registers the local police FIR as its own case and starts the probe.
Updated : Jun 06, 2023, 02:23 PM IST | Edited by : Prashant Tamta
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Government Railway Police (GRP) has registered an FIR in Cuttack (Odisha) against unknown persons in the Balasore train accident. The FIR has been filed under sections 153, 154 and 175 of the Railway Act following a complaint by SI Papu Kumar Naik of Balasore GRPS.
Meanwhile, the CBI is all set to take over the investigation in the incident that left at least 275 people dead and 1,100 injured, officials said. In accordance with the procedure, the central agency will take over the Balasore GRP case number 64 registered by Odisha Police on June 3, a day after the accident in Odisha involving two passenger trains and a goods train.
The case was registered under IPC sections 337, 338, 304A (causing death by negligence) and 34 (common intention) and sections 153 (unlawful and negligent action endangering lives of Railway passengers ), 154 and 175 (endangering lives) of the Railways Act. It is likely to be allotted to Special Crime Unit at the Delhi Headquarters.
According to the procedure, the CBI re-registers the local police FIR as its own case and starts the probe. It can add or remove a charge from the FIR in its charge sheet filed after the completion of its probe.
"We have recommended a CBI probe into the triple train accident that claimed 275 lives and left over 1,000 injured," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters in Bhubaneswar on Sunday evening.
Railway officials have indicated that possible "sabotage" and tampering with the electronic interlocking system, which detects the presence of trains, led to the Friday accident.
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The crash involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, which were carrying over 2,500 passengers, and a goods train laden with iron ore occurred around 7 PM on Friday near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north of Bhubaneswar. As many as 21 coaches were derailed and severely damaged in the accident, trapping hundreds of passengers.
(With inputs from ANI)
