"Of course, had the train hit the rail at speed, the result would be a disaster. "The possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out, said Central Railway 's general manager D K Sharma . Some people placed the heavy rail within 17 minutes of two trains passing through the spot. An official said that before the Jan Shatabdi, a Karjat-CST fast local had passed the spot (700 m from Diva station) at 10.23pm. Perhaps the miscreants were waiting for the Jan Shatabdi, coming from Goa.

Source: Times of India January 25, 2017 19:54 UTC