Parents of Manu Kumar (31), the injured assistant loco pilot of the goods train, have sought “insaaf (justice)” for their son after railways blamed him and his deceased colleague, loco pilot Anil Kumar, for the accident even before a formal probe.
Chief commissioner of railway safety Janak Kumar Garg has now begun a probe into the crash. Manu, too, will be examined as a key witness once he is declared fit by doctors.He is in ICU, recuperating from a blunt trauma injury on his head and chest.
“I believe my son is alive by the stroke of luck. But he is now set to face a bigger challenge of proving his innocence. Humein insaaf chahiye (we demand justice). We want the inquiry team to conduct a fair probe and not target my son and the dead pilot if they are not at fault,” said Raghu Nandan, father of Manu.
