Jaislmer: Railway and security officials, on Tuesday, inspected the spot near Ajmer in Rajasthan where some miscreants tried to sabotage the railway tracks by placing cement blocks to derail a loaded goods train. Mangliyawas police station in-charge Surendra Singh said, “This certainly is a planned deed of anti-social elements who wanted the train to derail. Also, this work cannot be done by a single person and there may be more than one person involved. Right now, we are trying to figure out who can be responsible for this act. However, we are facing certain challenges as the location is quite far off and there is no camera or any other clue,” he added.
Further, Railway Protection Force (RPF) Assistant Commissioner Rameshwar Lal Meena directed workers to remove the blocks placed at the location and said, “These blocks were placed on the culvert nearby, which were picked up by miscreants and were placed on the track.” Surendra Singh said, “The incident was reported on the night of September 8.
There was a triangle-type block on the track, which was placed by miscreants. When the train hit the block, the driver informed the station master about it. Now, the GRP has inspected the spot. A similar block has been recovered on the other line as well. On the information of the railway administration, a case has been registered under the sections of the Railway Act,” he added.
The complaint report was filed by executive engineer Ravi Prakash Bundela (32) on Monday. According to the report, information was received on September 8 at 10.36 p.m. that a cement block was kept on the track. When we reached the spot, we found that it had broken and fallen. Another block was broken and kept on the side ahead, police officials told. The officials said that a case has been registered under Sections 150 and 152 of the Railways Act, 1989 for demolishing the public property.