Morbi: The two accused allegedly made a plan to derail the Morbi-Wankaner MEMU train to take revenge of the bulldozer actions by UP government against rioters.

Rajkot: The main accused namely Akbar (age-35), living in Wankaner and his aide Lakshman Isora who allegedly tried to derail the Morbi-Wankaner MEMU Train by placing bricks on the railway track at Makansar village on 12th June are held by Police.

The loco pilot of the train applied emergency break to the train after seeing the bricks to prevent the accident. The incident took place at 3.30 am in the night. The railway police had immediately started the investigation through technical and human surveillance and nabbed the accused.

The accused Akbar planned the conspiracy of derailing the train to take revenge of the bulldozer actions against rioters in Uttar Pradesh, as revealed in investigation, said Police.

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