Another ghastly tragedy struck Andhra Praesh on the eve of Diwali as at least 10 passengers of one train were crushed by another train when they jumped on the parallel tracks on hearing that fire had broken in the train. Many others were injured.
The freak accident occurred on Saturday evening at Gotlam station in Vijayanagaram district. Officials said that passengers of Alleppy-Dhanbad Bokaro Express jumped from coach No. S-2 after pulling the chain when they heard that there was a fire on the train.
As they jumped on the parallel tracks in the darkness, another passenger train coming from the opposite direction rammed into them. There was bloodbath on the tracks as bodies parts were thrown apart by the speeding train.
On hearing the news about the tragedy, relief and rescue teams were sent from Visakhapatanam.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was away in Bengaluru, spoke to the district collector and superintendent of police over phone and directed them to rush to the spot and supervise the relief operations.
The Chief Minister express deep shock and anguish over the incident.
Only three days ago 45 passengers of a private Volvo bus were burnt alive on Bengaluru-Hyderabad highway. The bus burst in to flames after it hit a road side culvert. Apparently horrified over the incident people have developed a fear psychosis as many such incidents of fire in the buses were reported since then. It was not yet clear whether fire had really broken out on Bokaro Express or it was a mere rumour.
IJ1s=IJ` IJIJ >Salem: A pro Tamil outfit leader was held on Saturday in connection with throwing of a burning wooden log inside Income Tax office premises on Oct 30, protesting External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid confirming his participation at CHOGM in Sri lanka. Kolathur Mani, founder leader of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, was held under Section 120 B,285, 3(1)of Public Property Damage preventive act, police said.
2 more kids die due to encephalitis in UP
Gorakhpur: With two more children succumbing to Encephalitis in the past 24 hours, the death toll in eastern Uttar Pradesh due to the disease has risen to 497. While one of the child belonged to Basti district, the other was from Bihar, according to sources at BRD Medical College Hospital.
Official Website of AIADMK hacked
Chennai: The official website of AIADMK, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, was on Saturday hacked. A visit to the website www.Aiadmkallindia.Org displayed sentences like ‘HACKED BY H4$N4!N H4XOR’ and ‘Islam Zindabad, long live Muslims, Pakistan Zindabad.’ The official website of the party’s TV channel www.Jayatv.Tv also displayed the same screen, playing a song uploaded by hackers.
However, there was no immediate reaction from the party or the TV
channel.