The Railway Ministry on Tuesday dismissed as “wrong and misleading” media reports that a Railway Protection Force probe has found the February 15 stampede at the New Delhi station was caused by a last-minute announcement about a platform change for a train.<\/p>\n
The ministry said the RPF has not conducted any inquiry into the incident, rather a probe is being carried out by a high-level committee set up by the Northern Railway.<\/p>\n
In a press statement on Tuesday, the ministry said some media reports claimed the RPF has conducted an “inquiry” into the New Delhi railway station stampede and held that a last-moment announcement of change in the platform for a train led to the stampede.<\/p>\n
These reports are “wrong and misleading” the ministry said, adding the inquiry is being conducted by the high-level committee constituted by the Northern Railway.<\/p>\n
“More than 100 individual statements are being collected by the committee. After receiving all such statements, the committee will conduct a thorough examination, including cross-questioning to establish the exact sequence of events that led to the incident,” it said.<\/p>\n
“The inquiry report will be submitted by the committee,” it added.<\/p>\n
Urging the media outlets to wait for the final report of the high-level committee, the ministry said, “If there is any information that can help the high-level committee in its inquiry process, please share it directly with the committee members.”<\/p>\n
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n
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