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Dadar-Porbandar Saurashtra Express Derailment:  The Dadar-Porbandar Saurashtra Express train derailed at Kim Station near Surat in Gujarat on Tuesday. Railway officials said that there have been no casualties reported so far, according to news agency PTI.

Western Railways' Chief Public Relations Officer informed ANI that four wheels of a non-passenger carriage (VPU) that was connected to the engine derailed at 15:32 hours when the express train was leaving Kim Station.

Additionally, the officials stated that senior officers are present at the scene and that restoration work is ongoing.

Despite the derailment, train services in the area remain unaffected.

"There is no injury or harm to any onboard passengers or railway staff. The movement of trains is not affected," Chief PRO of Western Railway said.

The derailment's precise cause has not yet been identified. To determine what caused the occurrence, authorities are looking into the matter. Furthermore, it has not yet been revealed how many people were on board the train when it derailed.

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Three railway workers were detained in Surat in September of this year on suspicion of altering the tracks and reporting "sabotage" to claim responsibility for preventing a disaster.

Among the accused who were taken into custody were Shubham Jaiswal (26), Manish Mistry (28), and Subhash Poddar (39). They were all trackmen in the railways' maintenance department.

Following reports that some unidentified individuals had reportedly tampered with a railway track by removing fish plates and loosening bolts to derail the trains on September 21, the Surat Police conducted an investigation and made the arrests.

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