A senior Indian Railways official who was part of the five-member inquiry committee which conducted a preliminary investigation into the circumstances that led to the tragic train accident at the Bahanaga Bazaar Railway Station in Odisha and gave its report, has disagreed with certain findings.
According to sources in the Railways, Senior Section Engineer A.K. Mahanta was among the five railway officials who conducted a spot inquiry and gave their two-page report, which concluded that a signalling error had caused the accident.
