Railway staff suspended for making Sonia late

Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh: Two railway employees have been placed under suspension for allegedly causing delay in the movement of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's cavalcade during her visit Rae Bareli.

Authorities took action against the employees, one of them a gateman, for not being present at a rail-crossing which was closed, when the UPA chairperson's entourage reached there on Tuesday, official sources said.

Gandhi's cavalcade was stuck midway at a railway crossing of Jalalpur Ghai station and the gateman was missing.

The Congress chief is on a visit to her parliamentary constituency.