New Delhi: The CBI on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident which claimed 293 lives, making the first arrests in the case, officials said.
All the three personnel are from the signalling department and posted in Balasore district of Odisha, they said. The probe agency apprehended senior section engineer (signal) (incharge) Arun Kumar Mahanta posted in Balasore, senior section engineer (Signal) Mohammed Amir Khan posted at Soro near Balasore, and technician Pappu Kumar posted at Balasore.
The trio has been questioned several times since the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took over the case on June 6, they said. The personnel have been held for their involvement in crimes under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and Section 153 of the Railways Act, they said. The agency will now produce the arrested before a special magistrate on Saturday to seek their police custody following which their custodial interrogation will begin.
