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Cuttack:A team of 10 officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station Tuesday in Odishas Balasore district to begin a probe into one of Indias deadliest railway accidents...
The CBI has filed an FIR under Sections 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (causing grievous hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 304A (causing death by negligence), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
Other charges include Sections 153 (endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by willful act or omission), 154 (endangering safety of persons travelling by railway by rash or negligent act or omission) and 175 (endangering safety of persons if any railway servant, on duty endangers the safety of any person ) under the Railways Act...
On 4 June, Jaya Varma Sinha, member, operations and business development and ex-officio secretary, Ministry of Railways, had written to Radha Chauhan, Secretary,Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) seeking a CBI probe into the accident...
In its FIR lodged against unknown persons, the Government Railway Police (GRP) states the unfortunate event took place due to negligence of railways causing heavy loss of human lives and property...
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