The railway police in Kozhikode are groping in the dark about the identity of those who threw stones and hurt eight-year-old Khadeeja who was traveling by the Alappuzha-Kannur Intercity Express on Sunday.A team of officials led by additional sub-inspector E. Sudhakaran visited the hospital near Kuttippuram where the girl was admitted and registered the statements of the mother who accompanied the girl in the journey.“We could not take the statement of the girl as she is yet to recover consciousness,” police said. The officials held a preliminary investigation in the Pallippuram area on Tuesday and quizzed some of the shop owners and residents.The team would visit Pallippuram again on Thursday. Meanwhile, the southern railway authorities collected details of the incident and directed the railway police to intensify raids in the region to nab the culprits.Southern railway (Palakkad division) Public Relations Officer S. James told Deccan Chronicle that special instructions have...
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been given to the railway police to guard against such incidents in future.Khadeeja was travelling from Alappuzha to Thalassery when stones were thrown at the speeding train, causing serious injuries to her.Her condition is still critical, according to police.