The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered a probe into the train accident in Kulgam district which left 24 people injured.
Divisional Commissioner (Kashmir) Asgar Hassan Samoon has directed Deputy Commissioner of Anantnag Kifayat Hussain Rizvi to enquire into the circumstances leading to yesterday’s mishap at Sedura and fix responsibility so that appropriate action is taken, an official spokesman said.
“This enquiry will be independent of the in-house enquiry being conducted by chief area manager of Northern Railways Upinder Singh,” the spokesman said.
In the first such incident since train services were launched in Kashmir Valley in 2008, the engine and two bogies of the train derailed at Sedura village, 55 km from here, as the driver overshot the intended station stop by nearly 200 m while moving from Qazigund to Srinagar.
