Case filed against unknown persons in train mishap case

Manash Pratim Bhuyan
Mathura (UP), Oct 22 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh police has
registered a case against "unknown persons" after it emerged
that the Mewar Express had come to a sudden halt because the
emergency chain was pulled, following which the Goa Express
rammed into it, killing 22 people.
The case has been registered under sections 223 (escape
from confinement due to negligence of a public servant) and
224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful
apprehension) of the IPC, SSP (Mathura) B D Paulson told PTI.
In Kota (Rajasthan), Additional Superintendent of Police,
Bhupendra Sahu, refused to comment on whether an escape
attempt by a criminal on the train led to the accident but
added, "All the three officials involved in the incident have
been suspended and an inquiry has been ordered."
The office of Senior Superintendent of Police, Mathura
City, had earlier said it has received two separate complaints
-- one relating to the train accident and the other being that
of an accused escaping from custody of Rajasthan policemen.
It is alleged that Munna Sazid, an accused in a robbery
case, was being taken from Kota to the national capital by the
Delhi-bound Mewar Express for a hearing in a Tees Hazari
court.
He was being accompanied by three police constables of
Rajasthan Police -- Ashok Kumar, Veerendra and Bahadur. At the
Mathura station, Sazid asked for permission to go to toilet.
As soon as the train started gaining speed, he pushed one
of the constables and jumped from the train prompting the
police officials to pull the chain to bring it to halt,
according to the complaint. (MORE) PTI