evidence: Hyderabad: Several social media users are peddling a conspiracy theory about the June 2 train accident in Odisha’s Balasore. Twitter users have claimed that the station master at Bahanaga Bazar station is a Muslim by the name of Mohammad Sharif, who fled after the accident. [...] NewsMeter found that the officer on duty at the Bahanaga Bazar station—closest to the site of the accident—was SB Mohanty. No officer named Mohammad Sharif was working at the station on the day of the accident. We ran a keyword search and came across a report by Odisha-based Kalinga TV, which said that the assistant station master at the Bahanaga Bazar station was SB Mohanty. It also said that Mohanty had fled from the spot after the accident. Speaking to NewsMeter, Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) for South Eastern Railway, confirmed that there is no staffer named Mohammad Sharif at Bahanaga Bazar Station. He also refuted the claim that SB Mohanty fled after the accident. "Mohanty was present at the accident spot and was actively involved in the rescue operation," Chaudhry added.