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Jammu:
General Manager of Northern Railway VK Gupta today snubbed the Divisional Traffic Manager (DTM) for terming the recent fire in two trains at the Jammu railways station a militant activity. He said if he knew it at the beginning then where was the need for police investigation. “Unfortunately some people do talk casually,” GM told media at the railway station.The railway authorities and the railway police were at loggerheads on the fire incident as the DTM had termed the incident a militant activity and the police rejected the version. After the GM’s statement, things are expected to become normal again.After reaching here in the morning, Gupta, along special investigation team (SIT) head DSP Param Vir Singh, inspected the railway station and directed the authorities to go for regular surveillance. “To avoid such incidents in the future, joint patrolling will be conducted after train reaches here so that no one from outside is allowed to get closer to these trains,” Gupta said.On Sunday, two trains Shalimar Express and Ahmedabad Express had caught fire while parked on the central platform of the railway station. Two bogies of the trains were gutted in the fire whereas four other coaches were partially burnt. The railway police, along the Railway Protection Force, got hold of a suspect from the spot when he was sitting inside Ahmadabad Express at the time of  incident.

Gupta said, “We have caught a suspect and he has been taken into remand. It is premature to say whether the fire was a militancy related incident.”