Balasore train accident: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation to scientifically dispose 28 unclaimed bodies

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PTI. According to the SOP issued by the BMC, the entire process will be video-graphed. The AIIMS Bhubaneswar had received 162 bodies of which 81 were handed over to the family members of the deceased in the first phase.

Later, another 53 bodies were given to the family members following DNA tests but the remains of 28 others have been unclaimed, the official added. The Odisha train accident, India's worst in over 20 years, took place near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore district. The accident occurred on 2 June involved three trains: the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a stationary goods train.

The accident happened in the evening near Bahanaga Bazar station when Coromandel Express was on its way to Chennai Central station from the Shalimar station near Kolkata. The Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train, derailing most of its coaches. A few coaches of the Coromandel Express whiplashed the last few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express which was passing by at the same time.

Earlier on 2 September, it was reported that CBI had filed chargesheet against three Railway Officials in the court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Bhubaneswar. The officials were arrested on 7 July, 2023, and are presently in judicial custody in an on-going investigation of the case related to train accident at Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station, Balasore (Odisha). (With inputs from agencies)"Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels