"They Had Knowledge": 3 Railways Men Arrested Over Odisha Train Tragedy
NDTV
The arrested men -- Arun Kumar Mahanta, Md Amir Khan, and Pappu Kumar -- have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and destruction of evidence.
The Central Bureau of Investigation today arrested three employees of the Indian Railways in connection with the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore last month that killed more than 293 people, and left over 1,000 injured. The central probe agency was probing the possibility of a criminal conspiracy into the accident.
The arrested men -- Arun Kumar Mahanta, Md Amir Khan, and Pappu Kumar -- have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and destruction of evidence.
Sources say the actions of these three resulted in the accident, and they have been charged for culpable homicide not amounting to murder as "they had knowledge" that their actions would result in this tragedy.