Jul 17, 2021, 11:37 AM IST
New Delhi: The North Central Railway services were disrupted on Delhi-Howrah route for about one-and-a-half hours on Wednesday (July 14, 2021) after the assistant station master (ASM) fell asleep on in duty allegedly under the influence of alcohol.
According to a report in a leading news daily, important trains like Farakka and Magadh Express besides several other goods trains were stranded at various stations as a result of this. The report revealed that the assistant station master, Aniruddh Kumar, was not responding to any calls from his seniors, following which they rushed to the railway station where he was found asleep.