The special court had granted five-day remand of the accused to the CBI, which is investigating the case, on July 7. Later, on July 11, the court had extended the remand period for four more days at the request of the investigating agency.
As many as 293 people were killed and over 1,200 injured when the Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary freight train and some of its derailed coaches collided with Yeshwantpur-Howrah Express, on June 2.
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The three accused have been booked under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), and under Section 153 of the Railways Act