Ministry of Railways has suspended four officers and transferred 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. <br/>'<br/>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 today that Member (Engineer) in the Railway Board, Aditya Kumar Mittal, Northern Railway General Manager R K Kulshrestha and Divisional Railway Manager (Delhi) R N Singh were sent on leave in the wake of the train accident . Mittal, a secretary level officer, is the senior-most functionary to be sent on leave.<br/>'<br/><br/>Besides, the Railways also suspended four of its officials, Senior Divisional Engineer, Delhi division, Assistant Engineer (Meerut),SeniorSection 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,GM NCR Allahabad has been giving responsibility of GM Delhi.<br/>''' <br/>'<br/>'<br/>'<br/><br/>'<br/>
News On AIR | August 21, 2017 12:16 AM
MuzaffarnagarTrainAccident: 4 Railway officials suspended, 3 sent on leave and1 transferred