Archive · 3 Jun 2025
UP: Seventh Train Sabotage Attempt Foiled Near Dohna Station
Someone tried to cause a train to crash by messing with the tracks near Dohna station.
The people driving the train noticed the problem and stopped it before anything bad could happen.
The bad guys put stones and messed with the tracks to make the train go off course.
The police are now looking for who did this.
This is not the first time this has happened, and it is making people worry about train safety in the area.
Loco-pilots and train manager of the 05307 Tanakpur-Bareilly City passenger train spotted and prevented a potential disaster.
The incident occurred near Dohna station in Uttar Pradesh.
Culprits tampered with the point mechanism by jamming it with ballast.
The earthing plate was also bent as part of the sabotage.
An FIR was filed under Section 150 of the Railway Act.
- Who
- Unidentified individuals
- What
- Attempted sabotage of a passenger train by tampering with the point mechanism and the earthing plate.
- When
- June 1st
- Where
- Near Dohna station, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To derail trains, as part of a troubling pattern of sabotage
- Location
- Dohna station, Bareilly district
- Train Involved
- 05307 Tanakpur-Bareilly City passenger train
- Methods of Sabotage
- Tampering with point mechanism; bent earthing plate
- Charge
- Under Section 150 of the Railway Act
- Response
- Investigation underway; FIR filed.
- Context
- Seventh sabotage attempt this summer in UP
