The number of deaths in the bus accident in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district has gone up to 49 with the recovery of two more bodies this morning, police said.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also left from Bhopal to visit the accident spot in Sidhi. On Tuesday, bodies of 47 people, including 20 women and two children, were recovered after the packed private bus skidded off the road and plunged into a water-filled canal in Sidhi. The rescue operations, which were halted late Tuesday night, resumed on Wednesday morning. Four more bodies, including of a woman and six-month- old girl, were recovered on Wednesday, taking the toll to 51, Sidhi Collector Ravindra Kumar Choudhary said. Three bodies were swept away and found in a part of the canal in adjoining Rewa district, while one was found about six km from the accident spot, said Ashok Pandey, in- charge of Rampur Naikin police station, under whose jurisdiction the accident spot is located.
MP bus tragedy: Driver claims he heard strange sound before vehicle fell into canal
Prima facie, the bus driver was at fault, said deputy transport commissioner AK Singh, who is in Sidhi to probe the mishap
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NDRF team carries out a rescue operation after an overcrowded bus plunged into a canal, in Sidhi. (Photo | ANI)
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BHOPAL: A day has passed since an overcrowded private bus fell into a canal in Madhya Pradesh s Sidhi district killing at least 51 people. However, what caused the tragedy still remains a mystery.
While the primary probe suggests that the bus driver could prima facie be responsible for it, the bus driver arrested from the Satna district claims there was an abnormal sound in the bus, after which it automatically sped into the canal.
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