06 October,2023 06:50 PM IST | Pune | Rajendra B. Aklekar
The boulders were stacked around the railway track/ Central Railway
The Central Railway officials on Friday said that miscreant activity was perpetrated in the Pune division by some anti-social elements. The officials said that in the Chinchwad-Akurdi section, the staff noticed someone had intentionally placed boulders on the tracks.
Railways, in their media statement, stated that the boulder was planted on the UP line track in the Chinchwad-Akurdi section. They spotted the boulders while carrying out work there at around 4 pm, they said.
"While the staff of the Civil engineering department had gone in the Chinchwad-Akurdi section for routine track maintenance & weld testing work, they observed major boulders placed on the UP Line track. Timely detection of this miscreant activity by staff avoided the possibility of a major untoward incident," the Railway said adding that further probe is underway. They said the probe is being carried out by the Railway Protection Force and Government Railway Police.
Placing of boulders could lead to derailment of a train which could cause great damage and also lead to loss of lives.
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In another recent incident, a supposed deliberate attempt was made to derail the Vande Bharat Express in Rajasthan, however, it was averted due to alert train operators. Some persons had placed boulders and rods on railway tracks in an attempt to derail the train. However, the alert train operators spotted the rocks and stopped the high-speed train in the nick of time. The Vande Bharat Express was plying between Jaipur and Udaipur.
Railway staff then promptly responded and cleared the rocks and rods. Meanwhile, Railway police and local law enforcement authorities began probing into the incident.
According to media reports, the Railway officials said that an FIR has been registered in the case and miscreants will be duly punished.
