2016 Kanpur train accident

Indian train, Sealdah Express (2016) December 2016 December 2016 2016 Kanpur train accident 28 December 2016 5:20 IST Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India Derailment Under investigation 1 More than 60 people On 28 December 2016, the Ajmer–Sealdah Express 12987, a scheduled train from Ajmer to Sealdah, derailed near Kanpur, India. 15 coaches of the train derailed at a point about 50 km mi from Kanpur. More than 60 people were injured.Haider Naqvi Oliver Fredrick http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/live-sealdah-ajmer-express-derails-near-kanpur-several-injured/story-xtiUkkV5e8t7vQtENvCyUO.html Ajmer Sealdah Express derailed Hindustan Times 28 December 2016 On 10 November, 60 km mi from Kanpur, 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna Express had derailed, killing 151 people. Both accidents were thought to have been caused by fractured tracks. Debabrata Mohanty Avishek G. Dastidar http://indianexpress.com/article/india/andhra-pradesh-several-dead-as-seven-coaches-engine-of-jagdalpur-bhubaneswar-express-derail-near-vizianagaram-4485762/ Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailment: Third train accident in 2 months, 40 killed in Andhra Indian Express 24 January 2017 In January 2017, after deliberately damaged track was found in time to avoid a third derailment, three suspects arrested for placing a bomb on rail tracks near Ghorasahan, Motilal Paswan, Umashankar Patel and Mukesh Yadav, were implicated in the two Kanpur derailments. They admitted working for Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan.Debashish Karmakar Bharti Jain http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/police-suspect-pakistans-spy-agency-isi-hand-in-two-rail-accidents-in-uttar-pradesh-that-killed-151-passengers/articleshow/56634949.cms Police suspect Pakistan's spy agency ISI hand in two rail accidents in Uttar Pradesh Times of India 18 January 2017 According to a police officer, although no evidence of explosives had been found in connection with the two Kanpur derailments, audio recovered from one of the suspects' cellphones suggested they were involved in them.http://www.firstpost.com/india/kanpur-train-tragedy-audio-clips-recovered-from-suspects-phone-point-to-chatter-on-indore-patna-express-accident-3212664.html Kanpur train tragedy: Audio clips recovered from suspect's phone point to 'chatter' on Indore-Patna Express accident Firstpost 20 January 2017 Brij Kishore Giri, a Nepalese suspected of being the men's handler, was arrested in Nepal, as was Shamsul Huda, suspected of masterminding the plot, after he had been deported from Dubai.Bharti Jain http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/isi-agent-shamshul-huda-mastermind-of-kanpur-train-derailment-arrested-in-nepal/articleshow/57014034.cms ISI agent Shamshul Huda, mastermind of Kanpur train derailment, arrested in Nepal Times of India 7 February 2017 References Uttar Pradesh Category:2016 disasters in India Category:Railway accidents in 2016 Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Uttar Pradesh Category:Kanpur Dehat district Category:Derailments in India Category:December 2016 in India