Passengers onboard Varanasi-Sealdah Express had a narrow escape from tragedy on Monday when a crude bomb exploded on the railway track near Buxar in Bihar but miraculously did not cause any damage.
The explosion, which left a yellow mark of nearly 2 feet in diameter on the spot, gives credence to the fears that sabotage and terror could be the cause behind recent train tragedies in the country. Security experts have warned that Indian Railway is an easy target for miscreants as it is largely unguarded and it is easy to trespass on its network.ISI killed two Indians over failed train derailment plan, recorded audio of murdersHERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
“From January 2016 to December 2016, there were at least 45 cases of alleged sabotage with the railway tracks,” Mohammad Jamshed, member, traffic in the Railway Board, told Mail Today. “There were 18 cases of extremist activities while in 13 cases IEDs (improvised explosive devices) were recovered along the railway tracks. There were seven cases of explosion on tracks and three of tampering.”
Of theses, at least 40 incidents were reported to be of “extreme” nature, including Maoist activities in states like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Maharashtra and others. The figures also imply that there was one case of sabotage almost every week in the country.
Jamshed, who is supervisory head of the rail operation in India, said in addition to human lives lost, these incidents also caused loss of over seven million tonne of freight orders worth Rs700crore. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating role of Pakistan spy agency ISI in the Indore-Patna express accident in Kanpur that killed 200 people.
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