Claim
Station Master Sharif is on a run since the tragic three-way train accident near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha’s Balasore.
Fact
No staff or station master named Sharif is posted at the Bahanaga Bazar railway station. South Eastern Railway CPRO confirmed that no staff has been absconding, and everyone is cooperating in the ongoing investigation into the cause of the accident.
A multi-train collision near Bahanaga Bazar railway station in Odisha’s Balasore district last week killed at least 278 people and left over 1000 injured. While the CBI has taken over the probe, several social media users have claimed “station master Sharif, who was responsible & posted where the Koramondal (Coromandel) Express collided, is missing.” Users sharing the post further alleged that “Intelligence agencies suspect Bangladeshi & Rohingya angles plus ISI and Manipur. (sic)”
Such posts can be seen here, here, here, here and here.
Multiple other social media users shared a photograph of a man claiming to show the “absconding Station Master Mohammad Sharif Ahmed”
Such posts can be seen here, here and here.
Newschecker had earlier debunked similar communal claims that alleged that the crash took place adjacent to a mosque, while in reality, the structure was found to be an ISKCON temple.
The train accident took place near Bahanaga station in Odisha’s Balasore. A keyword search for “station master,” and “Bahanaga” on Google led us to a report by ...
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