“Balasore Train Accident: CBI arrests 3 Railway employees under charges of culpable homicide and destruction of evidence”, Opindia, July 7, 2023:
“On Friday, July 7, the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) arrested three Railway employees in connection to the Balasore train accident. The arrested persons have been identified as senior Section engineer Arun Kumar Mohanta, section engineer Mohammad Amir Khan and technician Pappu Kumar.
As per the initial reports, the three have been booked under sections 304 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code for culpable homicide and destruction of evidence. These three are accused of homicide that does not constitute murder because their conduct caused the accident and “they had knowledge” that they would do so.
This is almost a week after an investigation by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) found faults from the signalling and telecommunication department (S&T) for the grave tragedy……”
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