Madhya Pradesh: Sidhi bus tragedy death toll rises to 51, driver arrested
The driver told police that his driving licence had swept away in canal water but another copy is kept in Rewa.
NDRF team carries out rescue operations after a bus plunged into a canal in Sidhi district, Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday
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Bhopal: The Sidhi police arrested the driver of the ill fated bus on Tuesday evening. The IG Rewa range Umesh Joga and DIG have started operations covering 10 kilometres of canal area from early hours of Wednesday.
The death toll in bus accident has risen to 51, one body was fished out from within limits of the Sidhi district while two bodies were swept way in the canal current and reached Rewa district. The police have recovered the bodies on Wednesday morning.