Jhansi DRM transferred, 5 railway officials suspended

Cracking the whip, Railways today transferred Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Jhansi Division S K Aggarwal and suspended five senior officials for the Indore-Patna Express mishap in which 150 people died.
Senior Divisionl Mechanical Engineer (Carriage and wagon) Navaid Talib, Divisonal Engineer MK Mishra, Senior Section Engineer Ambika Prasda Ojha, Section Engineer Iswar Das and Senior Section Engineer Sushil Kumar Gupta were suspended for dereliction of duty, according to Railways.
While Jhansi DRM was transferred to Ranchi, the five officials were suspended pending inquiry.
"It was very necessary to take action to fix responsibility. Suspension and transfer order was issued pending inquiry being conducted by the Commissioner Railway Safety (CRS)," said a senior Railway Ministry official.

According to prima facie investigation, 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express were derailed at Pukhrayan in Jhansi division near Kanpur due to rail fracture.