Title - 16 trains cancelled after Rohtak rail accident

ROHTAK/NEW DELHI: Railways authorities on Sunday ordered a probe into the Rohtak accident by R K Kardam, commissioner, railway safety (northern circle) after eight coaches of the Ferozpur-Mumbai Mail derailed. Train services were hit on the route. At least 16 trains were cancelled, 27 others were diverted or terminated at various stations.Passengers were jolted out of their sleep and tossed on the floor when the bogies were thrown off-track between Sampla and Kharawar stations. "There was a sudden thud and I was flung out of my berth. Suddenly there was panic. People were screaming and rushing out," said Ramesh Kumar, 50, a passenger. Kumar suffered injuries on his shoulder.As rescue operations began, the mangled bogies were detached and the train left for Delhi. It reached New Delhi station at 8am where senior railway officials and doctors attended to the passengers. Several injured passengers blamed railway authorities for the delay in providing treatment.Kamlesh Rani, 24, said railway officials refused to include her in the list of injured and she was denied free treatment. She had come to Rohtak to visit her mother and was returning to Mathura with her brother and one-year-old baby. "It was horrifying when the coach suddenly overturned. I managed to hold on to my son and brother. We crawled out of the coach and walked towards the highway. We took lift on a tractor trolley and reached Rohtak. When I went to the PGI, Rohtak, and contacted railway officials and showed my ticket, they refused treatment. They said I was late," Rani said.Another passenger, Rajbala, claimed that she reached the hospital in an auto after wriggling out of the wreckage. "I was travelling alone and lost my bag in which my ticket was kept. Now, the railways is refusing to recognize me as a passenger," she said.JP Singh, commercial officer, Northern Railways, expressed his inability to include their names in the injury list, citing lack of evidence.