After attack on employee, staff block railway tracks in Sonepat
Train services disrupted for 3 hours on Delhi-Ambala section
Sonepat :
Train services remained disrupted for nearly three hours on the Delhi-Ambala section today.
The railway employees blocked the railway tracks here in protest against the brutal attack on one of their colleagues.
According to information, railway trackman Kundan, who was posted at the railway check post near Safiabad village in the district, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons by three motorcycle-borne assailants on night. The assailants had almost chopped off his hands besides, inflicting injuries on other parts of his body.
Sources said an express train coming from Delhi stopped near Safiabad. When the driver did not get signal from the track man, he went to check the status for further journey. He saw the trackman and one more person lying unconscious in a seriously injured condition and informed the railway authorities.
A team from Sonepat immediately reached the spot and brought the victims to the Civil Hospital here. Kundan was immediately referred to Delhi for further treatment.
After receiving information about the incident, the railway employees blocked the tracks at the local railway junction around 10am. A number of Up and Down trains were stopped at different railway stations.
On getting information, Rajiv Dhankhar, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, and the SP, RPF, reached Sonepat and accepted their demands, including arrest of the accused, police security to the trackmen and every possible help to the families of the victims. The protesters lifted the blockade around 1.30 pm.
Preliminary investigations revealed that three motorcycle-borne youths wanted the level crossing gate near Safiabad village to be opened around midnight. When Kundan refused to open the gate as Mury Express was approaching, the youths attacked him as well as his friend Chandan. A case was registered at the GRP station in this regard.
After surgery of more than four hours at Saroj Hospital in Rohini, Delhi, doctors restored limbs of Kundan, a resident of Bishanpura village in Banka district of Bihar.
4 trains reach late
- Four trains reached late at the Ambala Cantonment railway station due to the traffic disruption on the Delhi-Ambala rail line in Sonepat
- Paschim Express (12925) got delayed by over two hours, Katihar-Amritsar Express (15707) by over 3 hours, Kerala Sampark Kranti Express (12217) by 34 minutes and Sachkhand Express (12715) by 70 minutes
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