Cachar (Assam) [India], February 23 (ANI): A wave of smoke erupted in the Barak-Brahmaputra Express at Assam's Bihara Railway Station, leading to a delay in the train, following which the Northeast Frontier Railway clarified that the incident was caused by some break binding issue.

The train was going from Shillong to Tinusukia when smoke erupted in the wheels of the train in Cachar.

Kapinjal Kishore Sharma, Northeast Frontier Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), said that there was smoke due to brake binding in the wheel of one of the sleeper coaches of train 15641.

'Brake binding happens when the brakes grip the wheels too tightly, leading to smoke. The issue was immediately attended, and train left Bihara station, after a delay of around 45 minutes. There is no cause for concern,' Sharma said.

Earlier on January 22, some passengers of the Pushpak Express--which was bound for Mumbai from Lucknow--jumped off the train after an alarm chain-pulling incident. They were then run over by the Karnataka Express on an adjacent track in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district.

A total of 13 people died in the incident.

After the incident, the Railway Board of India released Rs 1,50,000 as immediate aid for the families of the deceased. Similarly, the Maharashtra government also announced financial assistance of Rs 5,00,000 to each bereaved family.

Recently, three wagons of a goods train, en route to Raipur, were derailed at the Titilagarh yard in Odisha on Friday night.

The incident happened in Titilagarh yard, near the railway station at around 8:30 pm on Friday. No casualties have been reported from the incident so far, according to officials.

Sambalpur DRM Tusharkanta Pandey said, 'Red mud was loaded in these wagons and was being taken to a cement plant. Three wagons derailed while leaving from Line 8...The main line was immediately restored... All portions except three wagons of this goods train have been removed from the track.' (ANI)