Two weeks after the devastating train accident which left 288 passengers dead and over 900 injured in Odisha, the Ministry of Railways transferred Atulya Sinha out of his post as the Additional General Manager of South Eastern Railway, on Thursday.
According to Railways sources, the officer was instead posted as the Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, a factory located in Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal. This is considered a downgrade, though the post is in the same Higher Administrative Grade. Though no reason was cited for the shift, the Railway Board’s order said that Mr. Sinha’s transfer was being done with the approval of the President.
Eastern Railway’s Principal Chief Engineer A.K. Dubey was posted as the new AGM of South Eastern Railway.