Railway Ministry on Tuesday took action against seven officials, transferring the Divisional Railway Manager Jhansi region and placing six others under suspension, for the Indore-Patna Express derailment.
An FIR has also been registered against unidentified railway employees under Section 304A (causing death by negligence), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 338 of IPC at the GRP police station at Bhimsen railway station. The railways also formed a 12-member team of GRP personnel to investigate the Indore-Patna train accident as the death toll reached 150 on Tuesday.
A senior railway official said that Jhansi DRM has been transferred to Ranchi and suspended divisional heads of coaches & tracks and their subordinates.
A high-level probe was ordered on Monday by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, who promised “strictest possible action” against the guilty. Making a suo motu statement in the lok Sabha, he said a separate investigation will be held aided by latest technical and forensic analysis. Railway officials maintained that prima facie the cause of the accident which led to death of 150 passengers could be due to track fracture. On Tuesday, the death toll climbed to 150 in the mishap , making it the deadliest train accident in the last 17 years.