Madhya Pradesh. In Satna district, unknown people had taken away 158 keys of the tracks of the Mumbai-Howrah railway section. This incident happened on Sunday night, when the Mahakaushal Express passed through the downtrack, a sack collided with the train. The loco pilot realized that there were keys in the sacks, after which the railway administration was informed about it. On receiving the information, RPF officials immediately reached the spot and recovered 158 keys from near the spot. Railway has lodged an FIR against the unknown at Uchehra police station in this matter.
Due to the vigilance of the driver of the Mahakaushal Express, a major train accident was averted on Sunday night between Satna-Uchehra railway station on the Mumbai-Howrah railway line. The driver, showing understanding, alerted the Jabalpur control. Officials who reached the spot found that at 9.15 pm on Sunday night, the Mahakaushal Express going from Jabalpur towards Nizamuddin passed through the downtrack between Piprikala and Kundahari. At that time 37 concrete sleepers were unlocked. More than 150 keys were recovered from the spot.
It is believed that unknown miscreants had taken out the keys used to lock the sleeper. Two cycles, hammer and wrench have also been found from the spot. Jabalpur-Rewa Intercity and Tapti Ganga were also behind Mahakaushal. The block was taken in a hurry. During about 40 minutes, the crooked sleeper was re-locked with the help of keys. The full speed of the track is 120 kilometers per hour. After the track was fixed, till 11.15 am, the trains were run at a caution of 30 km per hour.
On getting information about the incident, RPF IG Pradeep Gupta and Commandant Arun Tripathi, MP Police ADGP KP Venkateswara Rao and Satna SP Ashutosh Gupta reached the spot on Monday. Commandant Arun Tripathi said that a team of four RPF inspectors has been formed to nab the unknown accused. More than two dozen railway police personnel have been included in the team. A case has been registered against unknown accused under Section 150 of the Railway Act 1989 at Uchehra police station on the complaint of Varun Shukla, senior section engineer of Rail Path Uchehra. Along with this, night patrolling has been increased as a precautionary measure. Uchehra police will also investigate the incident separately. Cyber cell has also been activated.
