Station Master, Traffic Inspector Dismissed for Bahanaga Train Accident: Reports

Bhubaneswar: According to reports, the Indian Railways has dismissed the then station master and traffic inspector posted at Bahanaga Bazaar station in Odisha’s Balasore district in connection with the triple train accident on June 2, 2023. Bahanaga station master S B Mohanty and the traffic inspector were among seven Railway employees who were earlier suspended by the South-Eastern Railway (SER) in connection with the train accident. This train accident claimed the lives of 294 people and over 1,200 were injured.

This triple train accident involved the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express, and a goods train.

Out of the seven suspended employees, three were arrested by the CBI, which took over the investigation. The arrested railway personnel were senior signalling section engineers Arun Kumar Mohanta, Mohammad Amir Khan and technician Pappu Kumar.