Fight Between Railway Employees Disrupts Train Services in Varanasi

Varanasi: A recent fight between a station master of Varanasi railway junction and an electrical signal maintainer disrupted train services, including Vande Bharat, for more than an hour. This was revealed by a joint probe report by the Railways.

Three senior officers of the Lucknow Division of the Northern Railway conducted this inquiry.

As per the probe report, this fight occurred at around 7.30 pm on May 28. Because of it, train operations were disrupted by 40 minutes to one and a half hours at Varanasi as well as at other nearby stations.

While trains, such as Patna Vande Bharat Express and Banaras-Buxar Memu Passenger Special were held up at Vyasnagar Railway Station; Ernakulam Superfast Express, Varanasi MEMU Express and Patna Kashi Jan Shatabdi Express were halted at Deen Dayal Upadhyay station, the report said.

The fight broke out between the two when the electrical signal maintainer Shehzaad wanted to open the Reset Box of Section Digital Axle Counter (SSDAC) while the station master Saroj Kumar stopped him from doing it without proper permission and intimation. It escalated to a violent clash.

Kumar alleged that the Shehzaad hit his head and right arm with a stone because of which he bled and suffered a blackout.

Shehzaad alleged that Kumar misbehaved with him using abusive language. According to him, Kumar held him by his collar and hit him in his left eye.