One hundred and fifty persons booked by Railway police for damaging train, coaches

Railway Police has booked cases against 150 persons for allegedly damaging the engine and coaches of a passenger train, which was held captive by them for five days at Salem as part of the pro-jallikattu stir on January 19. The 16 coach Bengaluru-Karaikal passenger train was retrieved with the help of police on January 23 and the total damages were estimated at Rs 60 lakh by the Southern Railways.