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ATS-SOG to probe Udaipur railway track explosion

A team led by Additional Director General, ATS-SOG, Ashok Rathod will visit the blast site on Tuesday.

ATS-SOG to probe Udaipur railway track explosion

ATS-SOG to probe Udaipur railway track explosion

The Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Rajasthan Police and the Special Operation Group (SOG) will investigate the railway track explosion, which took place in Udaipur district on Saturday night. A team led by Additional Director General, ATS-SOG, Ashok Rathod will visit the blast site on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took a high-level meeting of senior officials at his residence late on Monday night. It was decided in the meeting that Rajasthan ATS-SOG should investigate the incident that took place in Udaipur.

A high intensity explosion caused cracks and broke flange on Saturday night on Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated on October 31. It was made operation after converting the meter gauge into broad gauge.

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Due to the explosion, services of two trains – 19704 Asarva-Udaipur city has been restricted till Dungarpur station and will not ply beyond till the further notice. Similarly, train number 19703 Udaipur City-Asarva will run up to Dungarpur, said a railway official.

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