A case has been registered by Government Railway Police (GRP) following a fire that broke out in a coach of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train at Kannur railway station in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, said, railway officials.
It was alleged that the said public servants alongwith private persons entered into a conspiracy for showing undue favours to the private contractors in the award of contracts.
According to railway officials, Batia-Anand Vihar Terminal Clone Special is running late by
five-and-a-half hours and Barauni-NewDelhi Clone Special is delayed by four hours.
East Central Railway officials immediately rushed to the spot and reattached the bogies to the train running from Bihar's Raxaul district to New Delhi.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday seized Rs 1.57 crore and 17 kg of gold during raids on lockers of a former top railway official in connection with an ongoing investigation into an alleged Disproportionate Assets (DA) case. CBI also found postal savings and bank fixed deposits/
Vishakhapatnam is one of the major stations that will undergo redevelopment, as the Indian Railway is working towards upgrading several stations across the country, for providing world-class facilities to its passengers.