4 injured in firecrackers explosion in Amritsar-Howrah mail | Chandigarh News

PATIALA: Four persons, including a woman, sustained injuries following an explosion allegedly of firecrackers in a general coach of Amritsar – Howrah mail near Sirhind Railway station of Fatehgarh Sahib district on Saturday night.
The four injured have been identified as Ajay, 23, his wife Sangeeta, 20, and Sonu, 18, of Bhagalpur, Bihar and Ashutosh Pal, 18, of UP.
The incident occurred approximately half a kilometre from Sirhind railway station, from where the train had departed at around 10.15pm after a brief halt, stated GRP Sirhind Station House Officer (SHO) Rattan Lal.
He indicated that the case (FIR No. 42) under sections 125, 125 A, 125 B of BNS and section 164 of Railways Act was lodged against unidentified persons and an investigation was initiated in the matter. “The train had a stoppage of five minutes at the Sirhind Railway station. It moved at around 10.15 PM and within a few minutes the blast occurred following unknown reasons”, he said.
DSP Jagmohan Singh said that prima facie investigations have revealed that firecrackers kept in the bucket had exploded but the rail coach or anything else didn’t catch fire however the smoke emanated out of the blast. “Due to festival season the general coaches of this train used to remain crowded. The explosion hit four persons who were seated near the firecrackers. It is illegal to carry any explosives or firecrackers in the train. We are investigating the matter and CCTV cameras are also being checked. The samples were being dispatched to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Mohali.”
RPF Inspector Rajinder Kumar Saini said that our cops informed about the incident following which a team was rushed for immediate help and the injured were rushed to the nearby government hospital.
Fatehgarh Sahib civil surgeon Davinderjit Kaur said that all four injured were undergoing treatment of their burn injuries and were out of danger. She said that one of the injured identified as Sonu has faced around 30 per cent burn injuries while remaining three were facing 10 to 13% injuries.