The rail visitors on the route was cleared after the pillar was faraway from the observe (Representational)
Mahoba(UP):
A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly placing a fencing pillar on the Banda-Mahoba rail observe, inflicting disruptions on Saturday, police mentioned.
The motive force of the passenger prepare needed to apply emergency brakes to cease the prepare after he observed a concrete pillar on the tracks, police mentioned.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the motive force of a passenger prepare knowledgeable the Railway Safety Drive and police in regards to the obstruction on the observe, they mentioned.
“Police workforce together with RPF reached the spot and detained a minor. The minor has confessed to putting the pillar on the observe,” Circle Officer (CO) of the realm Deepak Dubey mentioned.
The rail visitors on the route was cleared shortly after the pillar was faraway from the observe, the officer mentioned.
An analogous incident occurred earlier within the day in Ballia.
A rail engine hit a stone positioned on the railway observe within the Bairia space on Saturday, officers mentioned, including that no harm was prompted.
Public Relations Officer of the North Jap Railway Ashok Kumar advised PTI that on Saturday the loco pilot utilized emergency brakes after seeing the stone.
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