Gaya: The Railway safety commissioner, Eastern Circle, Mahesh Chandra, folded up his enquiry into the derailment of 2301 UP Rajdhani Express on September 9, which claimed 129 lives.

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 enquiry on September 17, Railway sources said.

Besides these 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 Railway safety commissioner during the two-day recording of statements, the sources said.

PTI