RAIPUR: In the wake of the tragic train accident in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, police have registered an FIR (first information report) against an unidentified individual, marking the beginning of a formal criminal investigation into the incident that left 11 people dead and 20 injured.
The FIR was “lodged at Torwa police station following a memo from a railway official, ” as confirmed by Additional Superintendent of Police Rajendra Jaiswal.
The accident occurred on November 4 near Gatora station, where a MEMU passenger train collided head-on with a stationary freight train. The impact was devastating, killing 11 passengers on the spot, including the MEMU train’s loco pilot.