Mumbai: A year on, no leads in attempted sabotage cases of rail tracks

While probe agencies have ruled out a terror angle, they suspect it to be a case of mischief and have begun the probe in that direction. “Whenever a terror outfit plans a strike, it looks to cause maximum damage. Our investigation has revealed that the placement of the broken rail lines were such that even if the collision would have happened, in all possibility, the train would not have derailed,” said an officer from the DGP office, requesting anonymity.

The official said the people who carried out the failed sabotage attempts were those who were well-versed with the train route and timings.

“In the first incident, a broken seven-metre-long piece of track weighing over 400 kilograms was placed minutes after a fast train had passed by. The passenger train was late by 15 minutes…,” said the officer.