Saturday, May 14 2005 17:27 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Allahabad: The suspension of senior railway official A K Singh, who attracted the ire of some UPA MPs by conducting a check against unauthorised travellers with them in Rajdhani Express last month, was revoked today, a day after railway employees here went on a flash strike to protest the move.

The suspension of Additional Divisional Railway Manager was revoked this afternoon, North Central Railway Spokesman R K Srivastava told PTI.

Singh, who led the drive against ticketless travellers in the AC first class coach on April 29, was suspended on charges of carrying out the inspection at a late hour with RPF and GRP jawans and allowing mediapersons to enter the compartment on April 29.

Singh had tried to evict some supporters of a group of MPs from Bihar, who included Union Minister Shakeel Ahmed of Congress and RJD's Raghunath Jha, Devendra Yadav and Magnilal Mandal, when they were found travelling without tickets.

Jha and Yadav took umbrage and allegedly threatened to have the official suspended, asserting that checking at such an odd hour was against the railway manual.

Protesting the disciplinary action against Singh, railway employees in Allahabad junction struck work for a couple of hours yesterday, which led to disruption of train services.