A 17-year-old girl from Bihar was raped by an auto-rickshaw driver in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The girl was traveling to Mumbai for work and met a woman from Sidhi at Katni station. The woman promised the girl work in Jabalpur and convinced her to get off the train. At Jabalpur...
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station, they met an auto-rickshaw driver, Anush Kewat, who also offered them work. He then took the girl to a secluded area and raped her. The woman waited in the auto during this time. After the assault, the driver and the woman fled. The girl managed to reach Panagar police station and report the incident. The police arrested the auto-rickshaw driver and the woman, charging the woman as an accomplice for failing to help the minor. The driver, Anush Kewat, is a known criminal with several past cases against him.

The quality of construction work within the Jabalpur Railway Division is under scrutiny once again. Despite spending crores on construction, the substandard work carried out by the Engineering Department has compromised passenger safety and train operations. In two separate incidents, sheds at Deवरी and Gosalpur railway stations collapsed due to strong...
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winds. The incident at Gosalpur resulted in the disruption of train services for several hours due to damage to the Overhead Electrical (OHE) system. The Engineering Department is accused of neglecting quality control to expedite the work. The Gosalpur foot over bridge project has been plagued by delays, with contractors abandoning the project and a change in policy leading to the involvement of a different agency. The incident at Deवरी occurred just days after the shed was installed and has raised serious concerns about the shoddy construction work. Despite the suspension of S.S.E. Shashikant Kumar in connection with the Gosalpur incident, no action has been taken against senior officials allegedly involved in the matter. The Deवरी incident has further highlighted the lack of accountability and quality control within the Jabalpur Railway Division.

On Monday, a track maintenance machine derailed near Deori station in the Jabalpur railway division, disrupting train services. The incident happened on the down line, causing further delays. All passenger trains on the down line were halted, leaving passengers waiting for hours. The derailment occurred while the machine was moving to...
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a siding, and the cause is being investigated. While the railway administration claims that the incident did not affect train services, several trains, including train number 12189, were stalled between Jabalpur and Satna. This incident comes after a recent collision between a trolley and the Aastha train near Bikrampur, further raising concerns about railway safety in the Jabalpur division.