The four-member inquiry committee investigating the Churchgate train mishap that took place on June 28, 2015 has recommended the highest form of punishment—called SF5 in railway lingo—for the ill-fated train's motorman LS Tiwari and guard Ajay Kumar Guher. The SF5 penalty includes 'removal from service' and 'compulsory retirement' as punishments.

The committee has also recommended severe action against two individuals, a motorman and a loco inspector, for entering the motorman's cab in the train after the incident in a possible bid to tamper with evidence.

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It has also ordered minor penalties, called SF11, against some other functionaries including a station superintendent of Churchgate and traffic inspector of Grant Road station.

Apart from punishments against these individuals the report has made two far-reaching suggestions in its report. The first is to install mobile phone jammers inside the motorman cab of all local trains and also upgrade the system of call monitoring to ensure motormen do not use phones while piloting trains. The second suggestion is to subject all motormen and guards for fortnightly medical tests with special emphasis on complications arising out of ailments like diabetes and blood pressure.

The report noted that Tiwary was last given a medical examination on October, 2013 where his blood sugar levels were recorded within normal limits. However a test conducted on July 8, some days after the Churchgate incident, showed that Tiwari was diabetic with low blood sugar levels. dna had highlighted this fact about how the motorman was tested for hypoglycemia. The railways has also been asked to ensure psychological tests for motormen and guards when they are subject to medical tests.

The report has also pulled up the Mumbai division of Western Railway for going slow on the remedial measures such as having powerful track magnets to slow down speeding trains- suggested after a similar incident on March 23, 2010 when a train hit the buffer of platform number 6 at Andheri station, injuring several passengers.

In that case, the approval to buy magnets was sent to the railway ministry in December. 2014 (almost five years after the incident) and tenders were placed for purchase in May this year.

dna has learnt that WR general manager GC Agarwal has accepted the report and has asked department heads to study the recommendations and suggest ways to implement them.

Recommendations made for a safer ride:— Mobile jamming devices inside motormen's cab of local trains and also cell monitoring system— Creation of motormen's lobbies at other station apart from Churchgate so that motormen don't have to travel from far away places where they reside to sign in for work.— Buffer at stations like Churchgate to be re-designed so as to hold trains in place even at high speeds.— Comprehensive medical and psychological tests for motormen and guards