Investigations into the May 28 Jnaneshwari Express derailment have shown that the railway track was damaged by a front organisation of the Maoists,Home Minister P Chidambaram informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. He said during Question Hour that the Police Santras Birodhi Jnansadharaner Committee (PSBJC),a front organisation of the Maoists,was involved in damaging the railway track in Bengal's West Midnapore district - thereby causing the accident. The PSBJC is another name for the People Committee Against Police Atrocities or the PCAPA. The state government has long held that this outfit was behind the sabotaging the rail tracks. Chidambaram said: The CBI has arrested 12 people so far in this case. He admitted there have been a few major Naxal attacks in the recent past including the Jnaneshwari Express derailment,which is being probed by the Central Bureau of Invesitgation. At least 148 people were killed on May 28 when 13 bogies of the Jnaneshwari Express jumped track in the dead of night. Five of these coaches were also slammed aside by a speeding good train which ran into it. The accident took place between the Khemasoli and Sardiya stations,135 kilometres from Kolkata.
