Railway track damaged in Guj, sabotage suspected

Ahmedabad, Feb. 13: An alert railway patrolman averted a possible mishap when he spotted a damaged track on the Ahmedabad- Patan section in Gujarat on Tuesday.

According to Railway officials, a portion of the track was removed by unidentified persons last night in a bid to cause derailment.

“( A joint of the rail track) near Dharewara on the Ahmedabad- Patan section was tampered with by some unidentified miscreants during night time to cause derailment,” a Western Railway PRO said.

A piece of the track was found cut and some elastic rail clips that are used to fix tracks were also found removed, the official said.

The incident came to light in the early hours on Tuesday when patrolman Ishwer Nariya spotted the damaged rail track, he said.