Gaya, Sept 18: Railway Safety Commissioner, Eastern Circle, Mahesh Chandra has concluded his two-day in camera recording of statements of people here for the statutory inquiry into the derailment of Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express on September nine, which claimed 129 lives.
Railway sources said forty people, including Magadh range Deputy Inspector General of Police, N C Dhondhiyal, Aurangabad's District Magistrate S Sidharth and Superintendent of Police Sunil Kumar Jha gave their versions on the mishap before the five-member probe team, headed by Chandra, on the last day of inquiry yesterday.
Besides the senior officials, station masters of five railway stations between Gaya and Rafiganj -- Kasta, Paraiya, Guraru, Ismailpur and Rafiganj -- and some officials of railway engineering department also appeared before the commission.
Altogether 100 people, including senior Bihar officials, railway staff and locals deposed before the commissioner during the two-day recording of statements, the sources said.

Bureau Report