Railway minister hints at loco fault for train mishap

Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday hinted at the possibility of a mechanical error in the locomotive as the reason for the derailment of the 15633 Bikaner-Guwahati Express.

Vaishnaw, who visited the accident site at Domohoni in the Maynaguri block of Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning with senior railway officials, said: “I have inspected the tracks and the locomotive. It seems there has been an issue with one of the parts of the locomotive. But it has to be dismantled from the locomotive so that the signs can be studied to ascertain the problem. There is no issue of speed or the tracks.”