Parwinder SandhuNew Delhi, Dec. 20 -- After seven elephants were killed following a collision with Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express causing derailment of five coaches in Assam's Hojai on Saturday morning, questions are being raised over the information passed by the office of the Range Forest officer of Lumding Range regarding the movement of the elephant herd.
In a statement, Northeast Frontier Railway spokesperson Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that the accident took place at 2:17 am in the Jamunamukh-Kampur section under Lumding Division of Northeast Frontier Railway, when the Sairang to New Delhi Rajdhani Express collided with elephants. The site of the accident is located at Railway KM post126/1.
However, a caution order issued earli...