On January 25th, a dispute between two loco pilots, Shailendra Kumar and Ranjan Kumar Yadav, and Station Superintendent Mohd. Taslim at Shivpur station in Varanasi escalated into a physical altercation. This incident occurred while preparing a double-rack freight train for departure to Dhanbad. The altercation resulted in the Station Superintendent sustaining...
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injuries after falling onto the tracks. The railway administration initially suspended both loco pilots, but subsequently reversed the suspension after the loco pilots protested at the Director's office at Cantt station. The loco pilots' association alleged that the suspension was one-sided and demanded an investigation by an external agency. The suspension was reversed due to the demands of the loco pilots and the association's claims that the allegations against them were baseless.