The investigation into the incident where an overhead electrical wire (OHE) fell on coach S-5 of the Anand Vihar-Puri Neelachal Express has been completed. Brijesh Mishra, the Chief Safety Officer of the South Eastern Zone, summoned 65 railway employees from various departments, including train and station duty personnel, to the Ranchi...
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Divisional Headquarters for questioning. Their statements were recorded on Monday and Tuesday. The Chief Safety Officer asked questions about the causes of the incident and the subsequent situation. The investigation report will be sent to the General Manager of the South Eastern Zone and the Railway Board. Meanwhile, the Chief Safety Officer inspected the engine of the Neelachal Express in Tatanagar for three hours. The engine has been sent to the shed for repairs and will then be transported to Kanpur. On the morning of June 1st, a high-tension wire snapped between Suisa and Tiruldih stations in the Ranchi railway division. This incident resulted in injuries to Ramshankar Choudhary and Rahul Kumar, who were sitting on the footboard of the Neelachal Express while it was entering Tatanagar. Rahul Kumar died on June 3rd during treatment at Ranchi's RIMS. The Chief Safety Officer also recorded the statements of senior loco pilot RS Lakra from Kharagpur, assistant loco pilot S Mukhopadhyay, and guard R Shukla from Tatanagar, who were on train duty.

On Saturday, a Delhi-Ranchi Rajdhani Express train was delayed due to a suspected fire, causing panic among passengers. The incident occurred near Rafiganj station in Bihar around 3:04 AM. The train was traveling at a speed of 90-100 km/h when passengers noticed smoke and sparks coming from the wheels, leading...
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them to believe there was a fire. The train was stopped for over an hour while the brakes were inspected and repaired. It was later revealed that the smoke was caused by friction in the brakes. Passengers reported seeing smoke and sparks coming from the train's wheels, leading to the train being stopped for over an hour while the brakes were inspected and repaired. The incident caused delays in train departures from Delhi later that day. In a separate incident, two passengers on the Neelanchal Express were injured when an overhead wire snapped between Suisa and Tiruldih in the Ranchi rail division. The injured passengers, who were sitting on the train's footboard, were immediately taken to a local hospital. One of the passengers, Rahul Kumar, sustained serious injuries and required a blood transfusion. He was placed on a ventilator. The other passenger, Ramashankar, sustained minor injuries. The incident occurred around 7:25 AM, causing a delay in the train's schedule. The overhead wire was repaired, and the train resumed its journey to Tata around 10 AM.

On June 1st, 2024, a heavy metal wire fell on the Neelachal Express train near Tiruldih on the Muri-Chandil rail line, injuring two passengers from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. One of the passengers, Rahul Kumar, is in critical condition, while the other, Ram Shankar, is stable. The incident occurred around...
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8:00 AM when the passengers were near the train's gate. The wire struck the train with a loud bang, causing injuries to the passengers. The injured were initially treated at the Jhálḍā hospital and then taken to a private nursing home in Muri. Railway officials denied reports of a fatality despite eyewitnesses claiming otherwise.

A male elephant, approximately 40 years old, was killed after being hit by the Howrah-Hatia Yoga Express train near Latemada station in Kukdu block of Saraikela district. The incident occurred on the Ranchi-Muri rail line early Thursday morning around 3:30 am. The impact of the collision was severe, causing damage to...
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the railway poles along the track and dragging the elephant for about 100 feet. The Howrah-Hatia Yoga Express remained at the scene for over an hour, while the Tata-Hatia Passenger and Barkakana-Tata Passenger train operations were affected. Forest officials, including the Chandil Ranger Manager, investigated the scene. Veterinary officials conducted a postmortem on the elephant, confirming significant internal injuries, including a broken spine and hind legs. The elephant was subsequently buried nearby. This marks the second elephant fatality within 11 months due to train collisions in the Chandil sub-division. Earlier, a two-month-old elephant calf was killed by a train near Gunda Vihar station in Neemdih block on June 10, 2023.

A 40-year-old male elephant was killed after being hit by the Kriya Yoga Howrah-Hatia Express train on the Ranchi-Muri railway line near Latemada railway station in Tiruldih police station area, Jharkhand, on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at around 3:30 AM. The elephant was crossing the tracks when the train struck it,...
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causing significant damage to the railway pole and the overhead electrical system. The Kriya Yoga Express train was delayed for an hour while repairs were carried out. The Tata-Hatia train was delayed for an hour and fifteen minutes due to the incident. Local villagers arrived at the scene and performed rituals for the deceased elephant. Forest officials from Chandi, including the ranger manager, arrived at the scene. This incident marks the fifth elephant death in the Chandi sub-division in the past 18 months. A medical team arrived at Latemada to conduct a post-mortem on the elephant.