Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had said on Sunday said that the Railway Board had recommended a CBI probe into the tragic accident. The minister had also said that the accident occurred due to a "change in electronic interlocking". Odisha Train Tragedy: 10-Member CBI Team Visits Triple Train Accident Site in Balasore (Watch Video).
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the "root cause" of the accident and the "criminals" responsible for it have been identified. "It happened due to a change made in the electronic interlocking and point machine," he told reporters at the site of the accident in Balasore district. 📰 Odisha Train Tragedy: Driver Error Ruled Out, Possible Sabotage Being Probed; Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Says People Behind ‘Criminal’ Act Identified.
Chotu s father Suklal survived the accident, but the sight of his dead son devastated him. As the news of Chotu s death reached his house in Korui village in Katwa in West Bengal s Purba Bardhaman district, a pall of gloom descended. Balasore Train Tragedy: 18-Year-Old Who Dreamt of Pucca House And Ventured to Kerala for Work Killed in Odisha Train Crash.