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Trains off track for two hours
Services on Eastern Railway’s Sealdah South section were disrupted for nearly two hours on Monday morning when a group of commuters blocked trains at Sonarpur station from 9am, demanding a Sonarpur local. Railway sources said the rake of a Sealdah-bound Sonarpur local could not be placed on the tracks in time because of the derailment of an empty rake at the Sonarpur car shed earlier. The agitation was withdrawn at 11.20am.
Airport snag
The computer check-in system at Calcutta airport’s immigration department developed a glitch on Monday afternoon, officials said. Immigration clearance was carried out manually, taking on an average 10 minutes per passenger. The usual time is about a minute.
Road mishap
Motorcyclist F. Ahmed, 38, a resident of Ekbalpore, was admitted to Medical College Hospital on Monday, after a private car hit him at Esplanade. A hospital source said his leg had multiple fractures and serious injuries. Hare Street police station arrested the driver and impounded the car.
Forgery net
A team from Bidhannagar (North) police station on Monday arrested Chiranjiv Saha, Rajiv Roy and Tapan Debnath for forging a cheque of a private bank and trying to encash it in a nationalised bank. The trio tried to deposit nearly Rs 30 lakh in their nationalised bank account. |
