A tragic triple train accident occurred in Balasore, Odisha last June, with devastating consequences, resulting in over 293 fatalities and more than 1,000 injuries. The Ministry of Railways has now revealed the findings from the Commissioner of Railway Safety s report, shedding light on the causes behind the incident.
Out of 81 dead bodies preserved at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, DNA test reports of 29 have arrived and so far, 19 dead bodies were handed over to the respective families.
The Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) investigators suspect the bypass was done by railway workers to get around signalling hurdles that arose from a malfunctioning barrier used to stop road traffic at a nearby rail-road intersection, two of the three sources said.
Odisha: A CBI team has begun an investigation into the Balasore district train crash in India which killed 275 people and injured more than 1,100 others.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari also accused TMC of tapping the phones of railway officials with the help of the police. He was referring to a purported audio clip of a conversation between two railway officials which was posted by Trinamool s Kunal Ghosh