NIA Visits Train Derailment Site In Andhra Pradesh. Is ISI Behind Rail Accidents In The Country?

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Crime Investigation Department (CID) visited the train derailment site in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram on Monday to study if there was sabotage or foreign involvement in the accident that left 32 dead. The tragedy occurred on Saturday at 11:30 PM near Kuneru station, 24 km from Rayagada in Odisha. The train was on its way to Bhubaneswar from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh.

NIA is already probing the alleged role of Pakistan's Inter Services Agency (ISI) behind the Indore-Patna Express derailment near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh that claimed 150 lives. Officials have also not ruled out the involvement of Maoists as the Andhra-Odisha border area is considered a Maoist stronghold.

On 17 January, Bihar Police revealed that the two train accidents in Kanpur were planned and executed by ISI. The police unraveled ISI’s conspiracy following the arrest of three criminals - Umashankar Patel, Motilal Paswan and Mukesh Yadav - from Motihari district on the Indo-Nepal border. The three criminals were in contact with an ISI agent, a Dubai-based Nepali citizen, and were taking orders from him.

With inputs from IANS

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