A station master and a point-man were suspended on Friday by the South Central Railway (SCR) authorities on charges of gross negligence and irresponsibility after they allegedly gave clearance for 2 trains on the same track on Thursday night.
According to railway sources, station master Praveen Kumar and point-man Sai Kumar were suspended for giving clearance to the Hyderabad Wadi passenger and Yashwantpur Gorakhpur express on the same track at Tandur in Rangareddy.
A major accident was averted when the drivers of the 2 trains acted swiftly and managed to apply the brakes in time. The 2 trains were stopped within metres of each other on the same track at Tandur.
The passenger train was bound for Wadi and the Yashwantpur-Gorakhpur express was heading towards Gorakhpur and had to pass through Secunderabad, when the incident occurred.