Home ministry doesn't share Mamata's 'suspicions' about train-crash

Preliminary investigations do not indicate sabotage, say ministry officials

PTI | July 20, 2010



The home ministry appears not to share the suspicion of railway ministry that today's train accident in West Bengal could be a case of sabotage.

Officials in the home ministry said preliminary reports do not indicate that the accident in Birbhum district, where the speeding Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express rammed into the rear of the Ranchi-bound Vananchal Express, has happened due to some kind of sabotage.

Railway minister Mamata Banerjee raised suspicions about the cause of the second major train accident in West Bengal in two months saying, "I am suspicious about the cause of the accident."

Eastern Railways general manager V N Tripathy said, "Nothing can be ruled out. Ho sakta hai hamara equipment se chherchhar hui ho. Ye sab janch ke bad pata chalega (It may be possible that our equipment might have been tampered with. It will be known only after inquiry)".

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