CHENNAI: S K Mittal, Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle, who was here to conduct an inquiry into the Arakkonam train accident that killed 10 persons, said that a final report on the mishap would be submitted within 10 days.Mittal began his two-day investigation at the Chennai Divisional Office at the Southern Railway headquarters on Friday. He first visited the Government GH and met the EMU driver, Raj Kumar, who was alleged to have ignored a red signal and then jumped out of the train when he noticed the Arakkonam-Katpadi passenger train on the same track.When reporters asked him for the details that Raj Kumar had shared with him, he said that they would be disclosed only in the final report. When asked if the investigation was carried out based on the Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi’s inference that the EMU driver did not stop at the signal and ran the train at a high speed, Mittal said that it was an independent inquiry and had nothing to do with the Minister’s statement.On Friday, Mittal he reportedly spoken to 25 people, including Govindaraj, the gate keeper of Gumudipet railway gate (located before the Chitheri station), Purushothaman, the gatekeeper of Chitheri railway gate, Murugan, the guard of the EMU that rammed into the passenger train, Rambabu, the driver of the passenger train, station masters of Arakkonam, Melpakkam and Chitheri stations, Arakkonam station manager, Ranigunta-Jolarpettai goods train driver, assistant driver and guard (as the train had passed accident spot 10 minutes before the collision). He also spoke to eyewitnesses.He enquired about the condition of the 39 accident victims admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi GGH. He left for Arakkonam after the enquiry to inspect the accident spot.
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