Kamlesh and Mohan wanted to overturn the train to become famous, Farrukhabad Express narrowly escaped derailment

UP News: A major railway accident was planned on the night of August 24 in Farrukhabad when an attempt was made to overturn the train by placing a large piece of wood on the railway track.

UP News: A major railway accident was planned in Farrukhabad on the night of 24 August, when an attempt was made to overturn a train by placing a large piece of wood on the railway track. In this case, the police have arrested two youths from a nearby village, who committed this act under the influence of alcohol. Their intention was to gain fame by overturning the train.

Wanted to become famous by overturning the train

Police said that the arrested accused Dev Singh Rajput and Mohan Kashyap have accepted their crime. They had conspired to place a piece of wood on the railway track only to make their name famous. After the incident, the train arrived about 30 minutes late, but due to the driver's presence of mind, a major accident was averted.

Accident averted due to train driver's presence of mind

On inspecting the incident, it was found that there were old mango trees near the railway track, whose broken pieces were kept on the track. At the same time, a liquor bottle was also found nearby, which made it clear that the accused were drunk. SP Alok Priyadarshi said that this incident happened near Bhatasa Halt, where the train driver stopped the train in time after seeing the piece of wood lying on the track. Due to this, the piece of wood got stuck in the engine of the train, but a major accident was averted.

The incident happened on the night of 24 August

This incident happened on the night of 24th August, when the passenger train coming from Kasganj to Farrukhabad had moved 500 meters ahead of Bhatasa Halt at around 11 o'clock. Then the driver saw a piece of wood on the track and immediately stopped the train. After this, the piece of wood was removed and the train was taken to its destination, but during this time the train was delayed by 30 minutes.