Grinding stone in the middle of railway track in Kochi triggers panic, probe on

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Police conducting a associated  inspection astatine  Pachalam successful  Kochi, wherever  a grinding chromatic  was recovered  connected  the railway way   connected  December 5.

Police conducting a associated inspection astatine Pachalam successful Kochi, wherever a grinding chromatic was recovered connected the railway way connected December 5. | Photo Credit: R.K. Nithin

A grinding chromatic was recovered successful the mediate of a railway way adjacent the Pachalam overbridge successful the aboriginal hours of Friday (December 5), raising concerns astir nationalist safety.

The chromatic was spotted by the loco aviator of the Mysuru-Kochuveli Express arsenic the bid passed by the enactment astatine 4.50 a.m. The loco aviator alerted the Railway police, and the unit reached the spot and removed the chromatic immediately.

The Ernakulam Town North constabulary person registered a lawsuit implicit the incidental and launched an investigation. The constabulary examined CCTV footage successful the vicinity. The lawsuit was registered nether applicable sections of the Railways Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The constabulary sources said residents had told them the grinding chromatic had been lying adjacent the way for a while. It had surfaced aft the bushy country on the way was cleared for laying telecommunication cables, the constabulary said.

The constabulary person recovered the carcass of a canine adjacent the track. “There were bloodstains connected the grinding stone. The probe volition besides look into whether the decease of the three-month-old canine was related to the incident, sources said.

Published - December 05, 2025 08:26 p.m. IST

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