Rajasthan ATS, SOG to probe train Udaipur track blast
The Hindu
“Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a late night meeting on November 14 with the Home Department officials directed that the incident be investigated by the ATS and the SOG,” officials said.
The Rajasthan police's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and special operations group (SOG) will begin investigations into the Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track blast from November 15, officials said.
“Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a late night meeting on November 14 with the Home Department officials directed that the incident be investigated by the ATS and the SOG,” they said.
The explosion occurred on the Udaipur-Ahmedabad railway track at a bridge between Jawar and Khawar Chanda under the Ajmer Division of the North Western Railway in Udaipur district in the early hours of Sunday.
The officials said a team headed by the additional director general of police (ATS-SOG), Ashok Rathore, will reach Udaipur on Tuesday to investigate the incident.
Teams of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Security Guard (NSG) visited the site of the explosion on Monday and collected evidence.
Police sources said the case is being probed from all angles, including that of terrorism and naxalism. The track was restored on Monday.