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Odisha train tragedy: Railway denies reports that signal junior engineer is absconding

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Odisha train tragedy: Railway denies reports that signal junior engineer is absconding I ndia's South Eastern Railway has refuted claims that one of its signal junior engineers was missing after interrogation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Odisha train tragedy. The CBI on Monday sealed the rented house of Soro Section signal junior engineer (JE). The agency is investigating the horrific accident in which 289 people lost their lives Indo-Asian News Service on Monday reported that the JE, named Amir Khan, was initially interrogated by the CBI at an undisclosed location. When the agency officials reached Khan’s rented house in Soro on Monday, they found it locked and the entire family missing .  However, the public relations officer of the South Eastern Railway has said in a statement in Hindi that the media reports were 'factually incorrect' and that the staff member is not missing. What’s the role of a signal JE in the Indian Railways?-&g