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Udham Singh Nagar News: Anti-social elements had conspired to cause a major accident by placing a 15 feet long thick wire of 35 KV line on the railway track near Khatima railway station in the border area of ​​Uttarakhand. On Sunday, the loco pilot of the train going from Tanakpur to Dehradun applied emergency brakes and stopped the train, thus averting the accident. The thick wire was picked up from the track and deposited at Banwas railway station. Railway police and Uttarakhand police have started investigating the matter.

Anti-social elements had placed a 15 feet long 35 KV wire on the railway track near Khatima railway station in Udham Singh Nagar district. A major rail accident could have happened due to the wire lying on the railway track, but due to the presence of mind of the loco pilot of the train going from Tanakpur to Dehradun, the accident was averted. The loco pilot stopped the train after applying emergency brake and picked up the wire lying on the track and handed it over to Banwas Railway. On receiving information about the incident, Railway Police, Uttarakhand Police and all the railway officials have inspected the spot and started investigating the case. Police is busy investigating the CCTV camera footage installed around the track.

SP said - strict action will be taken against the culprits.
SP City Manoj Katyal said that the local police has started investigating the case. Soon the culprits will be arrested and strict action will be taken against them. Let us tell you that on September 19, anti-social elements had placed a pillar on the railway track at a distance of a few kilometers from Rudrapur railway. The accident was averted due to the presence of mind of the loco pilot of Naini Jan Shatabdi Express coming at night, after which the loco pilot informed the officials of Rudrapur Junction about the matter. After getting information about the case, all the railway police and railway officials reached the spot and started investigating the case. And after investigation, two accused were arrested.

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