| Empty gas cylinder found near rail tack in Kanpur, probe on | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Jan 2: An empty 5 kg gas cylinder was found placed on the railway tracks near the Barrajpur railway station here, Government Railway police (GRP) said on Thursday. In a separate incident, a major accident was averted when a large fragment of a metal was found lying on the railway track near Tapri on the Haridwar railway line in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Tuesday, officials said. A safety team found the cylinder on the loopline tracks in Shivrajpur on Wednesday during patrolling. It was kept in a sack, the officials said, as a probe was launched into the matter.
An empty 5 kg gas cylinder was found placed on the railway tracks near the Barrajpur railway station here, Government Railway police (GRP) said on Thursday.
In a separate incident, a major accident was averted when a large fragment of a metal was found lying on the railway track near Tapri on the Haridwar railway line in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district on Tuesday, officials said.
A safety team found the cylinder on the loopline tracks in Shivrajpur on Wednesday during patrolling. It was kept in a sack, the officials said, as a probe was launched into the matter.
He said a special team had been formed to investigate the matter and ensure the arrest of those responsible behind it.
Meanwhile, the railways have also started a probe into the matter that took place in the early hours of Tuesday, the officials said.
The railway authorities along with teams from the GRP and Railway Protection Force (RPF) promptly went to the scene upon receiving information, they said.
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