The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on July 7 arrested two senior section engineers (signal) and a technician, on the charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and destruction of evidence in connection with the triple train collision in Odisha’s Balasore on June 2, leading to the death of at least 291 people.
According to the agency, those arrested are Arun Kumar Mahanta, who worked as a senior section engineer in Balasore; Mohammed Amir Khan, posted as a senior section engineer in Soro; and technician Pappu Kumar, who worked in Balasore. After the incident, the accused persons had attempted to destroy evidence to evade detection of their role.
After taking over the investigation, a CBI team visited the collision site along with forensic experts to gather evidence. It also recorded statements of the officials concerned and examined the signalling system to ascertain whether there was any foul play, technical glitch or human error, which led to the collision.
