Three railway employees have been arrested for allegedly conspiring to derail a train near Kim railway station by removing fishplates and keys from a railway track. The attempted train derailment incident was thwarted on Saturday,

Three railway employees were arrested for allegedly plotting to derail a train near Kim railway station in Surat district, Gujarat

Three railway employees were arrested on Monday for allegedly sabotaging rail tracks in Gujarat's Surat district. The employees later alerted the authorities about the incident. They wanted a night shift so that they could spend more time with their families during the day, the police said. They also wanted felicitation from their seniors.

The arrested railway staffers, who worked in the maintenance department, orchestrated a plan and removed fishplates before alerting the officials. They planned it to take credit for averting a possible tragedy.

This comes amid a spate of attempts to derail trains as several suspicious items have been found along the railway tracks across the country recently.