70 kg cement blocks kept on Railway tracks in bid to derail train in Ajmer

NEW DELHI: An FIR has been lodged against an unknown individual at the Mangaliyawas Police Station in Ajmer under sections of the Railway act and prevention of damage to public property act.
The case pertains to an incident where a moving train collided with a concrete block placed on the railway track. Authorities are conducting further investigations into the matter.
Railway officials reported that on Tuesday, an effort was made to cause the derailment of a fully loaded goods train in Rajasthan's Ajmer district.
The perpetrators placed two cement blocks, each weighing approximately 70 kg, on the tracks of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Although the goods train collided with the blocks, no untoward incident occurred, according to a North Western Railway official.
The incident occurred the day after the same incident occurred in Kapur where a cylinder was placed on railway tracks.