<p class="title">An express train hit a four-foot long concrete pillar across the track near here with the authorities suspecting it to be a sabotage attempt, police said.</p>.<p class="title">Railway officials found the broken pieces of the pillar on sides of the track after the driver of Chennai-bound Pearl City Express from Tuticorin informed the Station Master of Tirumangalam, about 35 km from here, about a loud noise heard by him Sunday night, they said.</p>.<p class="title">The driver heard the noise near Sivarakottai at around 11.30 pm but did not stop the train.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police suspect the pillar, used for fencing, might have been placed on a track with a view to derailing the train. However, the pillar broke after it was hit by the cow-catcher of the engine. A case has been registered and an investigation was on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A sniffer dog, pressed into service, ran along the track for 200 metres but could not give any clue.</p>
<p class="title">An express train hit a four-foot long concrete pillar across the track near here with the authorities suspecting it to be a sabotage attempt, police said.</p>.<p class="title">Railway officials found the broken pieces of the pillar on sides of the track after the driver of Chennai-bound Pearl City Express from Tuticorin informed the Station Master of Tirumangalam, about 35 km from here, about a loud noise heard by him Sunday night, they said.</p>.<p class="title">The driver heard the noise near Sivarakottai at around 11.30 pm but did not stop the train.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police suspect the pillar, used for fencing, might have been placed on a track with a view to derailing the train. However, the pillar broke after it was hit by the cow-catcher of the engine. A case has been registered and an investigation was on.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A sniffer dog, pressed into service, ran along the track for 200 metres but could not give any clue.</p>