In the past few days, there has been a big news circulating in the media regarding the rail accident that occurred in Balasore, Odisha. It is claimed that since the accident, JE signal engineer Amir Khan has been in hiding with his family. The CBI has even sealed Amir Khan’s home. Many big media outlets have reported this.
TV9 Bharatvarsh claimed in their report that the CBI took big action after the Balasore accident and after questioning, JE signal engineer Amir Khan and his family were missing. The CBI had also sealed his home for further investigation. Amir Khan was living in a rented house.
Zee News also claimed in their report that during the investigation of the Balasore train accident in Odisha, the CBI took big action. It had sealed the house of signalling JE Amir Khan. Amir Khan had fled with his family from the house.
Similarly, Punjab Kesari wrote in their report that the CBI had sealed the home of JE Amir Khan in Balasore, Odisha after the terrible train accident. It is being said that in this case, the CBI team had even questioned Amir Khan, but after that, his entire family went missing.
Many media outlets have spread this news. The same news has been shared on social media on a large scale, which can be seen by hashtags such as #Balasore, #AmirKhan, #RailAccident, and #CBI.
Fact Check:
To confirm the truth of this viral news, the DFRAC team investigated the accident and Amir Khan’s news. During this time, we came across a tweet from ANI, which mentioned that the South Eastern Railway (SER) had debunked those reports claiming that Amir Khan, a signalling junior engineer, fled after the Balasore train accident.
SER’s chief public relations officer, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, has cited recent media reports which had claimed that after fleeing with his family, police sealed Khan’s house. He mentioned that all employees are present and participating in the investigation. The CBI and the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) are reaching out to them wherever they say.
In addition, we also came across a tweet from the official spokesperson for the Indian Railways, which mentioned the aforementioned statement.
Conclusion:
Therefore, it is clear from DFRAC’s fact-check that the news of JE signal engineer Amir Khan fleeing with his family is fake.
