There was a conspiracy to overturn the Sabarmati Express in Kanpur, UP, like the Indore-Patna Express eight years ago, in which 152 passengers lost their lives. The sleeper terrorist caught in Bihar had revealed that he had overturned the Indore-Patna Express by taking money. In Kanpur, on Saturday night, an attempt was made to overturn the Sabarmati Express going from Patna to Ahmedabad between Govindpuri and Bhimsen stations at 2:30 am, in which a 3 feet long piece of railway track was placed in front of the engine.
In Kanpur, the wheels of the engine first derailed on Saturday night, because as soon as the collision occurred, there was a huge explosion and the driver applied emergency brakes, after which the rear coaches derailed. DRM Deepak of Prayagraj division had accepted about the loud blast. On behalf of Railways, Engineer Mahendra Pratap Singh has lodged a report against an unknown person at Panki police station.
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The same train route, tracks and the same time of night, when 150 people were killed by the sleeper model of terrorists by overturning the Indore-Patna Express 8 years ago. Eight years later, a conspiracy was hatched to overturn the Sabarmati Express in Kanpur on Saturday night. For this, a 3 feet long piece of rail track was installed on the railway track. Railway officials have probably also understood this.
Allahabad Division Railway Officer Mahendra Kumar Singh has lodged a report at Panki police station in Kanpur in the name of the unknown person who carried out the Sabarmati train accident. Since then, security agencies, from UP ATS, STF to central agencies, are on alert. In the Indore Patna Express accident that happened 8 years ago, action was taken against many railway officials including the then DRM.
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Let us tell you that 8 years ago, on 20 November 2016, the Indore-Patna Express going from Patna to Indore overturned at 3:00 pm before Pukhrayan station. At that time also the driver had said in the report that there was a huge explosion before the train overturned. In that case, the police and railway agency were investigating, then in Motihari district of Bihar, the police arrested an accused named Moti Paswan. He had revealed that two youths had given him ₹70,000 and asked him to reverse the Indore-Patna Express. For this, he did recce for several days near Pukhrayan station.
When the Motihari Police of Bihar started interrogating some suspects, one person made a disclosure before the Motihari Police. He had told that the mastermind of the Pukhraya train accident in Kanpur Dehat is a person sitting in Dubai. This incident was not an accident, but a conspiracy.
Bihar Police immediately gave this information to the concerned officials and agencies involved in the investigation. A six-member ATS team under the leadership of a Deputy Superintendent of Police from UP immediately reached Motihari from Lucknow and interrogated Sandeep.
Even before the revelation by Motihari Police, a person named Basant Kumar had sent a confidential letter to Moradabad SP Shagun Gautam informing that the Kanpur accident was caused by paying money to two people.
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SP Railway Moradabad Shagun Gautam had written a letter on January 13 and issued an alert to the civil police including GRP and RPF in UP, in which SP Railway itself had said that they have received information through a letter that the reason behind these incidents. The aim is to spread panic before 26th January.
This letter came to SP Railway in the name of Basant Kumar, in which it was said that he was given training in opening the keys of the tracks and loosening the track at a secluded place on the Allahabad-Banaras route. 70 thousand rupees were to be given in return for carrying out the incident.
According to the person who sent the letter, people named Vinod and Santosh had carried out the incident in Kanpur. As a result, the Pukhraya train accident took place, in which 52 passengers lost their lives. After this, there was an accident in Rura going to Jaipur, in which the accused named Moti Paswan had accepted to have been executed by his team. In this, eight coaches of Jaipur Express overturned near Rura station.
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On November 20, 2016, at around 3 pm, the Indore Patna Express overturned due to an explosion before the station. 152 people lost their lives in this. There is a distance of a few kilometers between Pukhrayan and Bhimsen stations, that is, about 30 kilometers from the place where the Indore-Patna Express was derailed 8 years ago, an attempt was made to derail the Sabarmati Express.
What did DRM tell about the incident?
DRM Deepak says that information about the entire matter has been given to the security agency. A report has been lodged, the police will investigate as per their own. Kanpur’s Joint Police Commissioner Harishchandra says that a report has been lodged by the Railway Officer at Panki police station. Every case will be investigated considering the situation of previous accidents. Forensic investigation has been done in this. The tracks and found pieces will be investigated at every level. Other security agencies have joined us in the investigation.