Sainthia accident-a sabotage?

The Sainthia train accident that killed 63 people is gruesome and has left serious questions for the railway authorities to think over before it can decipher the obscurity behind it. The accident was not the result of the wrong signal as the driver and the guard of Uttar Banga Express knew full well that the train has to stop at Sainthia, but it didn't. There is no answer as to why it arrived at the station at a speed of 110 kmph. What prompted the Uttar Banga Express driver to violate the red signal, is a big question. Even if the driver had missed the red signal, the guard has an emergency vaccum brake, but he did not apply it. And in that regard the chance for sabotage cannot be ruled out. Repeated attempts to communicate with the driver of the Sealdah-bound train, over wireless device failed. Why the Indian Railway is unable to provide anti-collision mechanism on all its trains?

Detaining of night trains by the GRP and the RPF until their share is paid has become a regular practice, it is reported. Perhaps the Maoists also had resorted to such practice. Correlating various sabotage attempts elsewhere in the country one could easily find that all is not well with Indian Railway. The Minister in charge of Railway and the Country’s Intelligence Department could not abscond easily from the aftermath of Sainthia train accident.


K A Solaman