MMTS Pilot Blamed For Train Accident, Case Slapped

The Government Railway Police (GRP) booked a case against Lingampally-Falaknuma MMTS train loco-pilot D Chandrasekhar, holding him responsible for the collision with the Hundry Inter-City Express at the Kacheguda railway station on Monday.

Acting on a complaint by Railway Superintendent Dasharat, the police booked the case under Sections 337, 338 and 308 of the IPC against Chandrasekhar, who is currently undergoing treatment at Care Hospital, where his condition is stated to be serious.

The police will record the statement of the loco-pilot after he recovers from the injuries he suffered - he was trapped inside the train for over eight hours.

Meanwhile, Satyam Dheeraj, Chief Operating officer of Care Hospitals, Nampally, said that the hospital had received seven patients, of which six had been admitted on Monday at 7 pm. He said that five-year-old Sushmita was treated for injuries in the OPD.

Saajid Abdur Rasheed Shaik, 45, was brought with pan-facial fractures and mid-face edema. He was admitted to the Maxilofacial surgery department for surgery, and was undergoing treatment. P Sekhar, 36; Raj Kumar, 35; P Baleswaramma, 55, with fracture of the left ankle; and Mohd Ibrahim, 32, with soft tissue injury were also undergoing treatment, Dheeraj said.

The Care Hospitals team had rushed to the accident spot in the Kacheguda railway station premises within minutes of the mishap.