Train mishap: Five police teams formed - News

Five special police teams were formed today to unravel the mystery behind yesterday's ''hijacking'' of an EMU by a miscreant and the subsequent collision with a goods train in the city that left four people dead and 11 injured. The special teams, comprising five police personnel per team, were formed this morning after Tamil Nadu Director General of Police K P Jain transferred investigation of the case from the Government Railway Police (GRP) to the Crime Branch-CID (CB-CID) last night.

Police and railway officials were still puzzled over the identity of the mysterious person, who ''hijacked'' the train, as the identity of three of the four victims were established.

Those identified were Mohan Raj of Avadi, Joseph Anthony Raj of Villivakkam and Arokyanathan of Yercaud in Salem.

One version was that the fourth person might be the one who had driven the train. However, according to another version, since nobody was found in the driver's cabin, the ''hijacker'' might have jumped out before the EMU collided with the stationary goods train at the Vyasarpadi-Jeeva Railway station.

Leaving no stone unturned, the special teams, headed by CB-CID DIG S N Seshasai, Superintendent of Police Arun and DSP Shajahan began its probe on all possible angles, including that of sabotage.

-- (UNI) -- 30MS17.xml

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