Rly staff suspended for delaying Sonia’s cavalcade

Two railway employees have been placed under suspension for allegedly causing delay in the movement of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s cavalcade during her visit here.

Authorities took action against the employees,one of them a gateman,for not being present at a rail-crossing which was closed,when the UPA chairperson’s entourage reached there yesterday,official sources said.

Gandhi’s cavalcade was stuck midway at a railway crossing of Jalalpur Ghai station and the gateman was missing.

The Congress chief is on a visit to her Parliamentary constituency.