Angul: Police caught seven migrant Odia workers while they were trying to escape from a train in Majhika, in Odisha’s Angul district on Sunday.
According to reports, a Shramik Special train — carrying 1202 Odia workers from Ahmedabad — was on way to Khurda Road when some migrant workers, reportedly from Deogarh district, stopped the train by pulling the chain at Majhika near Angul.
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However, they were detained by people of the nearby area who informed the Angul Police Station. Police personnel rushed to the spot and took the seven workers to a government quarantine centre in Angul.
Angul SP Jagmohan Meena said some other workers managed to escape from the train and efforts are on to trace them.
