Rafiganj rail disaster

In the railway accident of the luxury train Rajdhani Express Rafiganj the Indian Railways derailed on 10 September 2002 on the bridge over the river Dhave the Rafiganj station at Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar. Here, more than 130 people lost their lives. Remained controversial whether this was an assassination attempt or an accident.

Starting position

The Rajdhani Express, a train of Eastern Railway was traveling with about 1,000 passengers of Howrah (Calcutta ) to New Delhi. On his journey he had to cross the river Dhave at Rafiganj against 22:40 clock on a bridge. He drove this time was about 130 km / h

Circumstances of the accident

15 cars of the train derailed on the bridge and two plunged into the river. No one survived. There are other cars people were hurled into the depths and for days bodies were recovered from the river.

First, a rail break due to over-aged railway infrastructure was suspected as the cause of the accident. The official investigation but came to the conclusion that tongues were removed at rail joints that were found next to the tracks. It has been suggested that this was the fact naxalitischer terrorists. However, no one known to the " stop ". Therefore, the presumption arose that should be distracted by the State and its own railway from defects in the superstructure of entertainment.

Follow

More than 130 people died and over 150 were injured. The rescue operations were difficult because the local roads were softened without solid surface and rainfall. A total of 130 bodies were recovered, the number of missing persons was estimated to be 50.