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  Indian Railways News  / Ticket checker beaten up as youth falls to death

An unidentified man, aged about 32 years, fell off a moving express train near Mallarpur in Birbhum, sparking off violence at the station. A section of passengers, who the railways claim was part of a group travelling without tickets, accused ticket checker Manoj Kumar of having pushed out the man from the train and thrashed him. No FIR or complaint was lodged against him though.
    The incident occurred around 7.30am on the 13134 Dn Varanasi-Sealdah Express. Kumar was apparently checking tickets in a reserved compartment when he came across group of travellers who failed to pro duce valid tickets. According to other passengers, the ticket checker was having an altercation with the group near the door when they heard a loud noise. Those haggling with the ticket checker claimed that one of the group members had been pushed out of the train by the man in the black coat.
    The man, who couldn’t be identi fied till the evening, was rescued from beside the tracks by locals and taken to a local hospital where he was de clared brought dead. Some people who thrashed the ticket checker claimed that he had demanded Rs 100 from the traveller as bribe. Eastern Railway officials, however, refuted this charge.
    Though the train has no scheduled stop at Mallarpur, the driver applied brakes on realizing that somebody had fallen off near the outer signal By then, some ticketless travellers had started heckling Kumar. He got off the train and tried to escape but was caught and thrashed. Pradip Ku mar, assistant station master of Mal larpur, said he heard a noise and stepped out of his office to find the ticket checker being manhandled by mob. Kumar may have been lynched had he not been saved by other passen gers. He was shifted to the Rampurhat Hospital from where he was referred to Kolkata. Eastern Railway officials said that he was later moved to the or thopaedic hospital in Howrah.
    Kumar lives in a railway quarter at Rampurhat and he was accompa nied to Howrah by his wife Vinita. She said her husband suffers from a kid ney-related disorder and his condi tion got aggravated after the assault.
    “The ticket checker was assaulted by goons travelling without valid tickets on the Varanasi-Sealdah Ex press. The man, who died, seems to have tried to get off the moving train and lost balance. The ticket checker was not involved. Nobody made any attempt to lodge an FIR file a complaint with us. The ticket checker’s life was saved by other pas sengers. This wouldn’t have hap pened had he been involved,” an spokesperson said.


Manoj Kumar could have been lynched had other passengers not rescued him

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  Indian Railways News  / 10 booked for attack on ticket office, ATM

The Andheri government railway police (GRP) on Sunday registered a case against more than 10 persons for allegedly vandalising the ticket booking office and an ATM at the Andheri railway station during the chaos that followed the collision between two local trains on Saturday night. “The commuters barged into the booking office and the ATM. They threw stones and broke window panes. No arrests have been made yet,” said Tukaram Shinde, senior inspector of Andheri GRP. The police said that accused fled only when they were confronted by GRP officials.The police added that the railway board has ordered an inquiry into the collision.“As of now, it is unclear if the accident occurred because of a fault with the signal, the tracks or because of human error. The report should be ready in eight days,” said Shinde.Shinde further said that a case of negligence would be registered with the GRP only once the report is ready.At about 11.10 pm on Saturday, a Virar-bound fast local collided with a Churchgate-bound slow local at Andheri.

  Indian Railways News  / New parking lot for drive-in passengers

CHANDIGARH: The railways authorities have finalized a proposal to come up with a new parking area for passengers who drive in and want to leave their vehicles behind while they board the train for the onward journey. If officials here have their way, the railway station would have a parking lot dedicated exclusively to those who leave behind their vehicles before their set out on the train journey.As of now, the station does offer the parking facility, ut not an exclusive one. Many commuters, especially those who undertake a daylong trip, like via Shatabdi to Delhi, leave behind their vehicles in parking lots which are open to all. A dedicated parking lot would definitely provide better security to vehicles than is offered in "mixed" lots, say officials. The authorities are keen on improving the facilities at the railway station and as part of the plan, have already started renovating the stairs to footbridge and are laying granite marble stones there. For security of passengers, 10 CCTV cameras will be installed in different parts of the station, including the parking area, reservation area, entrance and exit.The proposal has been sent for approval to the Ambala regional railway station. As part of the ongoing work, floor on both sides of platform number 1 is being renovated with Kota stone. The work is expected to be over by next month.Station superintendent Parveen Kumar said, "Most of the proposals have been passed and work already begun. Talks are going on with the officials of the Ambala regional railway station for clearance of the awaited proposals.""Parking is a big problem here and the authorities should consider building a multi-level parking lot. Whenever I have to go to Delhi and want to leave my car behind, there is no place to park it. It is a big problem," said Kulwinder Bhatti, an insurance manager.

  Indian Railways News  / Landslides disrupt Konkan Railway traffic

Ratnagiri: Landslides triggered by rains blocked rail traffic between Adavali and Rajpur stations in morning.

The tracks were blocked between 2 am to 6 am, railway officials said.

The tracks were later cleared.

However, trains are running at slow speeds