Twitter user flagged danger at Delhi railway station 5 days before derailment

September 08, 2017 17:09

A Twitter user has claimed he had warned the railway ministry about a potential mishap at Delhis Shivaji Bridge, five days before the Ranchi Rajdhani express derailed near the station on Thursday.

Rakesk Kumar Kaushik tweeted a photograph to @RailMinIndia on September 2, drawing its attention to a damaged portion of a railway track near the station. Kaushik tweeted at 10.47am and got @RailMinIndias response in 25 minutes. The ministrys tweet asked Delhi Division of the Northern Railway to look into the matter.

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