Overview
- Additional Sessions Judge G. T. Pawar heard arguments and reserved the anticipatory bail order for Central Railway engineers Vishal Dolas and Samar Yadav, with a ruling due Wednesday.
- The GRP told the court the much-cited protruding backpack was not found during the panchnama and said CCTV did not show overcrowding on the trains involved.
- Investigators cited a VJTI report and witness statements to allege ballast washout and inadequate track work brought trains too close, while the defence pressed an internal CR/NHRC-cited finding that blames footboard crowding.
- The GRP–Central Railway rift widened over access to internal reports, with police saying they turned to VJTI after not receiving documents and rail officials asserting the report was given only after the FIR.
- Separately, five days after two deaths near Sandhurst Road during a staff protest that stalled services, no FIR has been registered as the GRP records statements, while commuter groups push formal complaints and seek Rs 50 lakh compensation for families.