<br/>Railway Ministry has suspended four officers and transfered one and sent on leave its three top officials, including a secretary-level Railway Board official on the basis of prima facie evidences in connection with derailment of Utkal Express train at Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The action against the eight officers came hours after Member (Traffic) of the Railway Board, Mohd Jamshed, indicated that negligence appeared to have caused the derailment. <br/><br/>A Railway Ministry statement said in New Delhi that Member (Engineer) in the Railway Board, Aditya Kumar Mittal, Northern Railway General Manager RK Kulshrestha and Divisional Railway Manager (Delhi) RN Singh were sent on leave in the wake of the train accident. Mr Mittal, a secretary level officer, is the senior-most functionary to be sent on leave.<br/>'<br/>Besides, the Railways also suspended four of its officials, Senior Divisional Engineer, Delhi division, Assistant Engineer (Meerut), Senior Section Engineer, Permanent Way (Muzzafarnagar) and Junior Engineer (Khatauli). Chief Track Engineer, Northern Railway, was also transferred as part of the action by the Railways. Meanwhile, General Manager of North Central Railway, Allahabad has been giving responsibility of GM Delhi.<br/>