Railway staffer held for stealing, setting off detonators on special Army train’s route
The HinduA railways staffer was arrested and another detained on Monday for allegedly stealing and setting off 10 detonators on the route of a special Army train in Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa district which resulted in the train being stopped for about 30 minutes, officials said. Spawnil Nila, Chief Public Relations Officer, Central Railway, told The Hindu that a staffer from the engineering department identified as Shabbir was detained for questioning and arrested by the Railway Protection Force. On September 18 around two p.m., 10 of railways’ own detonators went off on the route of a special train, providing services to the Indian Army, prompting the authorities to stop the train for about 30 minutes to conduct inspection of the track. Mr. Shabbir was also produced before a special court and was sent on a three-day remand with the RPF, a railway official in Khandwa said.
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