There have been a series of incidents where sabotage attempts have been made on train tracks in Uttar Pradesh. After incidents in Ghazipur, Kanpur, and Rampur, now in Prayagraj's Karachna, miscreants have placed a stone on the railway track of the freight corridor. A freight train collided with this stone. The...
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loco pilot informed the officers about the incident, following which the RPF team from Shivki reached the spot. They found a stone weighing about 3 kg at the site. Two days earlier, a 7-meter-long old telecom iron pillar was found placed on the 43/10-11 railway line near Bilaspur Road Rudrapur City station. Fortunately, it was spotted in time. The loco pilot of a train passing through the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) in Prayagraj heard a sound of something colliding with the engine near kilometer number 271/42 between New Manauri and New Karachna. The RPF team was informed.