Juvenile Among Three Detained In Connection With Blast On Udaipur-Ahmedabad Railway Track

As per preliminary probe, the accused were upset as they were not given compensation or a job after their land was acquired by Indian Railways and Hindustan Zinc Limited.

Police personnel investigate after an explosion on Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track in Udaipur

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Three people, including a juvenile, were detained on Thursday in connection with the blast on Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track, news agency PTI reported.

"Three people, including a juvenile, have been detained. Another person from whom they purchased the explosive has also been detained," PTI quoted Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Special Operation Group (SOG) ADG Ashok Rathore as saying.

The accused have been identified as Dhool Chand Meena and Prakash Meena. The juvenile is 17 years old. The other accused in the case is Ankush Suvalka, who sold the explosives, Rathore added.

As per preliminary probe, the accused were upset as they were not given compensation or a job after their land was acquired by Indian Railways and Hindustan Zinc Limited.

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It is to be noted that the explosion occurred on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track at a bridge between Jawar and Khawar Chanda under the Ajmer Division of the North Western Railway in Udaipur district on November 13.

Following the incident, teams of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG) visited the site of the explosion on Monday and collected evidence.

Police sources had said that the case was being investigated from all angles, including that of terrorism and naxalism. The track was restored on Monday.

A North Western Railway spokesperson had on Monday said in Jaipur that an ATS team gave the site clearance at 11 p.m. on Sunday, after which the railway engineers repaired the track and declared it fit for train movement at 3.30 am. After the railway track was restored, the Asarwar-Udaipur Express was operated and it reached the Udaipur railway station at 12.30pm.