A passenger train headed from New Delhi to Assam derailed early this morning in Bihar, killing four people. In another accident in the state, a freight train went off the tracks; there were no casualties in that accident. Railway authorities and police were investigating whether the first accident was caused by sabotage by Naxal rebels. At about 2 am, 12 carriages of the Rajdhani Express toppled over near the Chapra station, 75 kilometres from the state capital of Patna.
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