On May 27, a woman identified as 23-year-old Jung Yoo-Jung was arrested in Busan’s Geumjeong district of South Korea for allegedly killing and dismembering a woman who was in her 20s. As per Chosun Ilbo’s report, Jung initially said she killed the woman who worked as a tutor during an argument. However, it was revealed the crime was committed out of “curiosity about murder”.
Korea Times report suggested that Jung was obsessed with true crime-related TV shows and books. The incident took place on May 26.
Jung was fascinated by the concept of murder and then concealing the body. To do “research” on the process of concealing the body after murder, Jung decided to kill someone in reality. During the investigation, Busan Police said that they found she used her phone and borrowed books from a library to get information on how to commit the alleged crime.
Jung decided to find her victim through a tutor aggregator application that connects parents to private tutors. She contacted the victim over the phone, posing as the mother of a ninth-grader who wanted to learn English. After finalizing the meeting over the call, she told the victim that her “daughter” would come to her home for a consultation after two days.
Jung bought a school uniform online to make sure she looked like a student. She went to the victim’s house, where she allegedly stabbed her to death. In a statement, the police said, “Jung is short, and with the uniform on, the victim probably mistook her for a middle-school student.”
After the murder, she bought bleach and trash bags from a nearby supermarket to dispose of the body and clean the crime scene. She dismembered the victim and placed some of her body parts in a suitcase. Jung then hired a cab to go to the Nakdong River to dispose of the body parts.
Jung planned the whole scenario to make it look like the victim has disappeared. She kept her mobile phone, ID, and wallet in an attempt to commit the “perfect crime”. However, the cab driver she hired was suspicious of her actions and informed the police. During the search, the police found bloodstained clothes and the rest of the mutilated body at Jung’s house.
As per the police, Jung had been planning the murder for three months. Her search-related history showed she looked for “murder without a corpse” online. Speaking to the media, her grandfather claimed she was studying to become a civil servant. “I want to express my sincerest apology to the victim’s family for failing to raise my granddaughter properly,” he said to the media.
After getting arrested for the crime, Jung said she was “sorry” for the victim’s family and claimed she was “out of her mind”. Police have called for a psychological test of Jung to determine if she is a psychopath. During a press meeting, the police described Jung as a loner and a recluse who has been unemployed since graduating from high school five years ago. The matter has been transferred to prosecution for further investigation and indictment.
The police revealed Jung’s identity on June 1. The victim’s identity was not revealed.
In a shocking incident, a female college student, aged 18, was reportedly raped and murdered in a room of the government-run Savitri Phule Women’s Hostel, next to the Police Gymkhana, in the posh Marine Drive area of south Mumbai. The girl was a student of a government polytechnic in suburban Bandra.
Body of a 19-year-old girl found at a girls' hostel in Churchgate area in Mumbai. Her room was locked from the outside and she was found dead inside with a 'dupatta' around her neck. Police suspect that she was murdered after rape. A man working at the hostel is absconding ever…
The accused identified as Prakash Kanaujia (between 30-33 years old) was found dead on railway tracks near the hostel. It has been regarded as a suspected suicide by the police. He was married and resided in Colaba and had been a guard there for fifteen years.
#UPDATE | The suspected accused who was absconding in the case related to the alleged murder of an 18-year-old girl at a Women's Hostel in Marine Drive, dies by suicide by jumping in front of a train. Police found the body near Charni Road railway track. The accused has been…
The police were alerted between 4 and 5 pm on Tuesday, June 6, after the girl who hailed from Akola, Vidarbha in Maharashtra became untraceable, with her fourth-floor hostel room in the Charni Road area locked from the outside. When a police team entered the hostel room, they discovered signs of forced entry as well as her being strangled to death with a piece of cloth. The investigation into the unfortunate occurrence was launched by the police and a group of forensic and fingerprint specialists.
The deceased may have been the victim of sexual assault, but unambiguous evidence isn’t available, per an official, until the autopsy results. The cops noticed the perpetrator leaving the hostel around 5:00 in the morning after checking the CCTV video. He had left his cell phone behind before leaving.
A First Information Report (FIR) was filed against the security guard under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 376 (rape) within the jurisdiction of the Marine Drive police station based on a complaint from the student’s cousin and circumstantial evidence.
Additional Commissioner Abhinav Deshmukh informed, “We got information that at Savitri Bai Hostel, a girl was missing and her room was locked from the outside. She was found dead inside with a dupatta around her neck. Police suspect that she was murdered after rape. A man working at the hostel had been absconding ever since the incident. We are investigating the matter.” The suspect was also unreachable and the authorities started a probe to apprehend him.
Police formed a squad led by the Additional Commissioner and Marine Drive Senior Inspector Nilesh Bagul to find the accused. The accused was, however, found dead at a nearby train station on Tuesday around 5:30 p.m.
The accused allegedly proceeded to the Charni Road station, which lies behind the hostel on Netaji Subhash Road, and laid at platform number 1. According to the preliminary investigation, he passed away after being run over by a train leaving Churchgate station. Later, his corpse was sent to Gokuldas Tejapl (GT) Hospital for an autopsy. His father was summoned from Colaba to identify the deceased, confirming that it was indeed his son.
It is not known if the offender was hired directly by the hostel administration or via a security firm. Furthermore, it’s uncertain if the required background checks were done, especially if he was hired through an agency.
On Wednesday, the Ahmednagar Police in Maharashtra arrested 17 persons after massive violence erupted in the Samnapur village of Sangamner amid a rally organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj, an umbrella organization of several Hindutva outfits. However, it has been alleged that no stone pelters have been arrested, and the 17 arrested are Hindu youths.
The Hindu organizations had organized a peaceful march in Sangamner protesting against several recent incidents of Love Jihad and atrocities and assaults on the Hindu community. The march was concluded peacefully but while on their return, the members of the Hindu organization were attacked by people from another community who pelted stones and also damaged vehicles. Sources confirmed to OpIndia that the arrested persons have been charged under section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the local reports, several vehicles were damaged and two people have been reported injured in the incident. The violence is said to have happened at around 12.30 pm, half an hour after the rally organized by Hindus concluded. Sources said that it was people from another community who attacked the Hindus first after which a fight broke between the two communities.
However, the Legal Rights Observatory (LRO) said that the Ahmednagar Police has arrested only Hindu persons and none of the stone pelters have yet been arrested. The organization has also demanded severe action against the administration for allegedly encouraging the stone pelters.
“17 Hindu youths arrested by Ahmednagar Police after massive stone pelting on Sakal Hindu Samaj march in Sangamner by Peacefuls (Muslims); no stone pelter has been arrested so far! Serious action needed against MLAs, MPs and Police officers who are encouraging Jihadis,” the tweet by LRO read.
— Legal Rights Observatory- LRO (@LegalLro) June 7, 2023
The Ahmednagar District Police after the violence was quoted as saying that provisions pertaining to rioting and causing hurt would be invoked among other sections of the Indian Penal Code. Confirming that two were injured and five vehicles were damaged in the violence, Ahmednagar Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ola said, “We have launched a probe into this incident. The law and order situation is under control.”
The police at present have deployed massive force in the city to ensure that no untoward incident takes place. Around thousands of Hindus gathered in the Sangamner region of Ahmednagar for a huge rally in protest against the rising recent incidents of Love Jihad, atrocities on Hindus, and assault by the minority community.
Attack on Hindus is escalation of Jorve Naka violence reported on May 31
Sources further confirmed to OpIndia that the attack on Hindu organizations on June 6 was an escalation of the Sangamner violence that happened on May 30 in which 150 people from another community had launched an attack on 6 Hindus with swords and rods over a minor issue. “Yesterday’s Hindu rally was supported by many people from nearby villages including Samnapur. The Muslims in the area illegally set their businesses up in small vehicles and carts on the main roads which disturbs the regular road movement. Last week 6 Hindus were attacked by around 150 Muslims for honking horns in the traffic. The traffic in the area is because of them only. After that, the administration happened to take action in the Jorve case and attempted to remove the encroachment. But the same was opposed by the minority community members,” one of the members of the Hindu organizations confirmed on the condition of anonymity.
He further added that Samnapur is one of the crucial regions in the district and people from nearby areas often travel there for work. “Samnapur and Jorve fall in the middle of the town and the city. So these areas are always busy as people from Taluka have to visit these before reaching the district. Hindus from nearby regions have been beaten by minority community members there in the past. This is a long-standing matter. Yesterday’s attack was an escalation of it,” he stated.
People from Samnapur extended support to Hindu rally, say Muslims deliberately harass Hindus and women
Reportedly, the villagers of Samnapur also extended support to the rally organized by Hindu organizations on June 6. Earlier on June 3, the villagers had demanded strict action in the Jorve violence case and also had demanded the removal of illegal encroachment by Muslims in the region. “The Muslims have illegally set up their business in the area and are creating disturbance in the regular moving traffic movement. They (Muslims) are more in number there so they threaten Hindus over small matters deliberately and also tease women. They constantly engage in brawls with Hindus and then harass them,” the letter by Gram Panchayat, Samnapur read. The copy of the letter has been obtained by OpIndia.
Samnapur villagers demand removal of illegal encroachment by Muslims (Copy obtained by OpIndia)
Jorve Naka violence case
It was reported on May 31 that a mob of around 100 to 150 Muslim people attacked 6 Hindu persons with swords and sharp iron rods, resulting in severe injuries. The incident happened in the Jorve village of Sangamner city on Sunday after the a few Hindus stuck in the traffic at Jorve Naka tried to get out of the traffic by honking their vehicle’s horn. Some of the people in the area belonging to the specific community objected to the usual honking and thrashed the boys in the traffic. The Hindus then filed a police complaint after which the Muslims later in the day attacked the Hindus again for filing a police complaint.
“These are the same people who have filed a police complaint. We’ll not spare them. They won’t go home alive,” the attacking mob could be heard saying. The mob attacked the Hindus with sharp weapons including knives, iron rods, bamboo sticks, and swords. The FIR against 150 was filed under sections 307, 324, 143, 147, 148, and 149 of the Indian Penal Code and also under the relevant sections of the Arms Act.
It was also reported that the Sangamner administration, after the incident had launched an anti-encroachment drive to raze down all the illegal businesses but the drive was opposed by people supposedly belonging to a specific community. The people forced the administration to stop the drive. However, on the next day the administration removed the controversial encroachments at Jorve Naka in Sangamner in presence of heavy police deployment. The encroachments were creating permanent obstacles to the regular road movement.
In the current case, the Police has arrested 17 Hindus in the case and have filed an FIR under section 326 of the Indian Penal Code. However, no stone pelters have yet been arrested in the case, as informed to OpIndia. Team OpIndia tried calling the Ahmednagar Police but the calls remained unestablshed. The report will be updated once we hear from the authorities.
On Sunday, June 4, an ambulance escorting an injured child along with his mother and a relative was set ablaze by a mob in West Imphal of Manipur. The fire resulted in the death of the eight-year-old boy, his mother and a relative.
The incident transpired on Sunday evening in Iroisemba, while the child was being taken to a hospital by his mother and a relative in Imphal after sustaining a bullet wound in his head during a shoot-out.
The police have identified the three deceased persons as eight-year-old Tonsing Hangsing, his 45-year-old mother Meena Hangsing, and Lydia Lourembam, aged 37.
An Assam Rifles officer confirmed the incident, stating that security had been tightened in and around the camp.
Tonsing, the son of a tribal man, and his Meitei mother were reportedly sheltering at an Assam Rifles relief camp at Kangchup. A gunfight broke out in the area on the evening of June 4, and although Tonsing was inside the camp, he was injured by a bullet.
A senior Assam Rifles officer immediately contacted Imphal police and arranged for an ambulance. “Because the mother was from the majority community, it was decided to take the child by road to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal”, he said.
The ambulance was escorted by the Assam Rifles for a few kilometres before being taken over by the local police. The ambulance was reportedly set ablaze by locals in Isoisemba at 6.30 PM. The three people in the vehicle were killed and the dead bodies have not been recovered so far.
According to an Indian Expressreport, the Meitei woman was married to a Kuki man. A senior official said that only some bones were recovered from the ambulance that was set on fire. An FIR has been registered in the matter with murder charges added.
Gin Hangsing, a relative of the victims and a resident of the village said, “The women and children of our village had been staying at an Assam Rifles outpost nearby for the past month while the men have been doing village defence work. On Sunday, Tomshing was shot in the head from a distance, we don’t know if it was a stray bullet or if it was directed at him.”
Manipur saw massive ethnic violence earlier this month following a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ organised by tribal groups on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. They were also protesting against the eviction of Kuki villages from reserve forest land. According to the CM and Meitei groups, most of those Kuki people are from Myanmar.
Meteorological conditions are becoming favourable for the onset of monsoon over Kerala during the next 48 hours, India’s weather office India Meteorological Office (IMD) said in a statement on Wednesday.
IMD had in May predicted arrival of monsoon on June 4. Southwest monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1 with a standard deviation of about seven days.
The conditions are also favourable for further advance of monsoon into some more parts of South Arabian Sea, entire Lakshadweep, some more parts of Southwest, Central and Northeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of Northeastern states during the next 48 hours, the IMD said.
Monsoon is crucial specially for kharif crops dependent on rains. India has three cropping seasons — summer, kharif and rabi.
Crops sown during June-July and harvested in October-November are kharif. Crops that are sown during October and November and the produce harvested from January-March depending on maturity is Rabi. Crops produced between rabi and kharif are summer crops.
Meanwhile, severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea around Goa is likely to intensify into ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ during the next 12 hours.
“It is very likely to intensify into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours. It would move nearly northwards during next 24 hours and then north-northwestwards during subsequent three days,” IMD said.
Fishermen are advised not to venture in such cyclone-hit areas in Arabian Sea and those who are out at sea are advised to return to coast.
In other forecast, IMD said heat wave conditions likely to continue over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during next 4-5 days.
Heatwave is a condition of air temperature which becomes fatal to the human body when exposed, according to IMD.
The heat wave is considered if the maximum temperature of a station reaches at least 40 degree Celsius or more for plains and at least 30 degree Celsius or more for hilly regions.
(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)
Recently, the Iranian woman’s anti-Hijab movement drew praise and support from all around the world while infuriating the country’s Islamic leadership. Now, according to Maulana Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi, out of the 75,000 mosques in the country, 50,000 have been shuttered, reflecting a decline in the number of people who attend.
On June 1, he voiced concern about the alarming situation and stated that the statistics represent a troubling admission for a country based on Islamic beliefs.
Notably, Maulana Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi serves as the liaison between the administration of Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati, commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s seminaries as well as included in the Assembly of Experts a deliberative body charged with selecting Iran’s Supreme Leader.
He stressed that the society’s religiosity is waning, and pointed out that the legitimacy of a government driven by religious decree is undermined. He mentioned, “When people look at the output of the religion, they decide to enter the religion or leave the religion with reasons including ‘the humiliation of people in the name of religion,’ ‘falsification of religious concepts and teachings,’ and ‘depriving people of a decent life and creating poverty in the name of religion.’
Senior Iranian cleric Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi says around 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques are closed, showing the declining numbers of Iranians attending and the weakening of religiosity in the Islamic Republic.https://t.co/nVvRw2tv6Gpic.twitter.com/RWuwAa2WNI
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 2, 2023
The prominent Muslim cleric vocalised his distress as more Iranians of all ages grew weary of the government’s pretext of Islam as the cornerstone of its brutal dictatorship, as evidenced by months of violent protest since September of last year in response to Mahsa Amini’s untimely death while in the care of the morality police after being imprisoned for wearing her hijab inappropriately.
Iran has over 60% of its mosques closed due to a lack of devotees for prayer. He proclaimed people choose to quit or join a religion based on its repercussions when they are brought up.
It is crucial to remember that Iran is regulated by an extremely rigid Islamic law, and even the slightest deviance from it can lead to severe penalties.
The ICC has prepared two pitches for the World Test Championship final which is set to begin on June 7, 2023. The match will start at 3 PM IST. A reserve day has also been put in place in case of a weather intervention. The final will be held at the Oval Stadium in London.
As per reports, the decision to prepare two pitches was taken after oil protesters threatened to destroy the pitch. If the pitch gets damaged, the ICC experts will access it and see if it can be repaired for the match. In case it is beyond repair, the reserve pitch will be checked, and the match will be shifted accordingly.
Both team captains, Rohit Sharma for India and Pat Cummins for Australia have been informed about the update. As per reports, they both have agreed to shift to the reserve pitch in case of an incident so that match does not get called off and abandoned.
In a statement, Cummins said, “It’s something we got in the security briefing a couple of days ago. I’ve heard that they’re aware of it and keeping an eye out. But that’s as much as we’ve heard. So hopefully, it doesn’t happen, obviously. But yeah, I’ve heard there are a few different events that have been affected.”
Determining the pitch state
As per the ICC regulations, several sections will play a vital role in deciding whether the pitch needs to be shifted. First, the on-field umpires will check and determine if the pitch is safe to continue. If they feel it is unreasonable to continue, the ICC match referee will be called after halting the match under section 6.4.1.
Then under section 6.4.4, the on-field umpires will examine the pitch to determine if the pitch can be repaired and if the match can be resumed from the point it was stopped. The match referee will be consulted to make the final decision. It will be the referee’s responsibility to determine if the repair may give an unfair advantage to any side or not, as a portion of the game had already been played on the damaged pitch.
Under section 6.4.7, the referee will make sure to keep the captains and the head of the ground authority in the loop of the decision-making process. Timely public announcements about the situation will be the responsibility of the head of the ground authority.
Suryakumar Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been placed on the list of standby players.
Australia – Pat Cummins (Captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey (wicket-keeper), Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicket-keeper), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Steve Smith (Vice Captain), Mitchell Starc, and David Warner.
Mitch Marsh and Matthew Renshaw are on the standby list.
The grand pre-release event of the film Adipurush was held in the sacred city of Tirupati on Tuesday, June 6, where the makers also unveiled its highly anticipated final trailer. The movie is produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, written and directed by Om Raut, and stars Prabhas and Kriti Sanon in the lead roles of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita.
During the event, Om Raut got emotional and teary-eyed as he requested the producers and distributors to dedicate one seat in every theatre to Lord Hanuman. The lead actor Prabhas comforted him by giving him a side hug as he sobbed.
“My mother says that wherever Ramayan is being played, Hanuman will be present there. I am requesting Bhushan sir, Anil sir, and all the producers to leave one seat vacant for Lord Hanuman. Everywhere in the world where Adipursh is being screened, I request to keep one seat. He (Lord Hanuman) will come. Please, sir,” the director implored.
A very emotional & teary-eyed Om Raut requested the producers and the distributors of the film to keep one seat vacant for Lord Hanuman during all the shows worldwide wherever #Adipurush will be screened. pic.twitter.com/f3QrdLVjex
It is believed that once Lord Hanuman asked Lord Ram how will he survive on the earth without him to which the latter replied that he will have to live and protect the devotees from the evil Kaliyuga, but whenever and wherever his name is chanted or Ramayana is recited with pure devotion, the former would be present there. Lord Hanuman is one of the eight Chiranjivis (immortals) who are to remain alive on this planet until the end of the current Kali Yuga.
In addition to praising Prabhas, Om Raut asserted that the movie would not have been feasible without the backing of the actor. “I have said this before, I would have been unable to make this without darling (Prabhas). If there is anything that makes Adipurush what it is, it is darling. I just want to tell everyone that this is not our film, this is your film, and this is everybody’s film. Adipurush is a film of India.”
Adipurush stars Prabhas as Raghava, Kriti Sanon as Janaki, Sunny Singh as Lakshmana, Devdatta Nage as Bajrang and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh. It is set to release in theatres on June 16 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
Om Raut, whose last venture Tanhaji with Ajay Devgn, which was released in 2020, was very successful and has been working on Adipurush for a few years now. It is made on a humongous budget of Rs 500 crore and has run into several hurdles ever since its inception. However, it is now all set for a grand release in multiple languages across the globe.
An 11-year-old Hindu Brahmin girl living in a small village in the Gilaula region of Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh was abducted, raped, and then murdered in a terrible episode that shocked the entire community in the state. The accused, Sheel Kumar, is known to the family and has been nabbed by the police.
It is being reported by a section of media that his actual name is Muzaffar Ali, and he had been residing in the area for around 20 years using the Hindu identity Sheel Kumar.
The Police have arrested the accused and charged him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 302 (murder) and 376(A) (rape), along with relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The villagers suspect that the accused originally hails from Bangladesh.
According to the reports, the little girl was allegedly abducted on Saturday and taken to an isolated spot by the accused, where she was raped. After raping her, he brutally strangled the girl to death, trying to hide his crime. He then stuffed the dead body into a sack and then hid it in a bush close to the bank of a canal in Mirchiha village, which falls under the Payagpur police station.
The incident was discovered after the girl failed to get home for an extended period of time. After the girl was not found, the father of the victim filed a complaint against Sheel Kumar and his family at the Gilola police station, accusing them of abduction. The father said that the accused had come to their house at around 1-1.30 PM on Saturday and took the girl with him on some pretext. However, she didn’t return for a long time after that, and therefore it was suspected that Sheel Kumar abducted and did something with her.
The cops took began an investigation after filing a case based on the complaint. Police were able to track down and arrest the suspect in the Buddhist circuit, close to Parevpur. During questioning, the accused confessed to the crime. Based on his statement, police recovered the body of the minor girl.
Reportedly, after the arrest, it was also revealed in the police probe that Sheel Kumar’s actual name is Muzaffar Ali, and he had been living in the village for around 20 years using a Hindu identity. According to the villagers, Ram Pheran married a woman from West Bengal in 2005 after his first wife died. Sheel Kumar was the five-old son of that woman who came to the village along with her.
The Village Pradhan expressed shock and outrage about the occurrence, and after learning that the accused had been residing in the village for two decades, with a Hindu identity despite being a Muslim. The community was in disbelief when the accused’s actual identity was made public.
At present, the accused has been arrested and has been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 302 (murder) and 376(A) (rape), along with relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Days after the deadly triple train accident in Odisha, the Coromandel Express train is set to resume operation on Wednesday, June 7. “The Coromandel Express is ready to resume service on Wednesday,” said Railway Chief Public Relations Officer Aditya Kumar Chaudhary.
Chaudhary stated that the Coromandel Express train will start its journey from Shalimar station at 3:20 pm on Wednesday. In addition to this, the Railway chief PRO stated that an ex-gratia amount of Rs 16.10 crore has been given to over 536 people.
On June 2, the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express collided with a halted freight train, causing several coaches to derail onto the opposite track near Balasore’s Bahanaga Railway Station. Coromandel Express carriages derailed near Bahanaga Railway Station and ‘infringed’ on the opposing track.
Following that, the Howrah Express, which was running from Yesvantpur to Howrah, crashed into the affected carriages at high speed, leading to further derailment. The accident claimed 288 lives and injured over 1,000 people.
CBI takes over Odisha train accident probe
On Tuesday, June 6, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officially took over the investigation into the Odisha triple train accident after Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday announced that a CBI probe has been recommended in the matter.
The CBI team inspected the damaged coaches of the two passenger trains on Tuesday and inquired regarding the signalling system at the Bahanaga Bazar railway station since its initial findings suggested that a signalling malfunction may have caused the collision. The CBI officials reportedly looked for relevant documents and sought data-logger records. Officials also went to the Balasore railway station to gather evidence.
Meanwhile, the CBI has registered an FIR under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 337 (who causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life), 338 (causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others), 304 A (causing death by negligence), and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
Following the announcement of the CBI investigation, the Railways announced a week-long nationwide safety push on signalling systems, with a special emphasis on the existing “double locking” arrangement of its signalling apparatus at stations.
