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A person claimed that his late mom had died in final week’s three-way prepare crash at Odisha’s Balasore in an try to land a authorities job. (File Picture: AFP)
The accused was recognized as Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Patna. Kumar’s mom truly died in 2018, officers mentioned, including that submit the Balasore prepare accident, he travelled to New Delhi to satisfy railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and search a job for himself
Railway Board apprehended a 42-year-old man, who claimed that his mom had died in final week’s three-way prepare crash in Odisha’s Balasore in an try to land a authorities job, officers mentioned on Thursday.
Based on a Hindustan Occasions report, the accused was recognized as Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Patna. Kumar’s mom truly died in 2018, officers mentioned, including that submit the Balasore prepare accident, he travelled to New Delhi to satisfy railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and search a job for himself.
“When Kumar reached Vaishnaw’s residence, he was directed to Rail Bhawan with a view to meet the minister. It was then that he approached the minister’s workplace and was apprehended after he saved altering his statements,” a railways official was quoted by Hindustan Occasions as saying.
A Railway Board official said that Kumar approached officers claiming that his mom was travelling within the Coromandel Specific that crashed right into a items prepare and died within the accident.
“Nonetheless, we bought suspicious after we discovered that he didn’t have any proof of his mom’s journey,” the official mentioned.
A second Railway Board official mentioned when Kumar was requested to indicate details about his mom’s journey, he couldn’t present them.
“He claimed that he booked the ticket by way of a journey agent however didn’t keep in mind his identify. He might additionally not show that his mom was on the ready listing,” the official added.
Kumar, nonetheless, did present the officers together with his mom’s {photograph}. “We began looking for his mom in any respect the stations at which the prepare had halted earlier than the accident. Our goal was to find her with facial recognition expertise. Nonetheless, after we couldn’t find her at any of the stations, we grew extra suspicious,” the official was quoted by Hindustan Occasions as saying.
It was then that Kumar admitted to mendacity about his mom’s dying. The official, on the situation of anonymity, mentioned that Kumar’s mom had died in 2018 however when the ministry introduced ex-gratia fee to the household of deceased passengers, Kumar noticed a possibility and determined to method the minister and ask him to provide him a job as an alternative of the compensation quantity.
The official added that Kumar had been unemployed for a very long time and was “depressed” about it.
