As the Gita Jayanti Express train moved ahead from the station, smoke from a coach was spotted and the staffers promptly put out the fire by using extinguishers.
Railway police on Monday said it was yet to identify the man who allegedly set fire to a co-passenger on board an express train leading to the death of three persons and injuries to nine others the previous night. A case of murder has been lodged against the accused, police said.
The passengers managed to come out by breaking the window panes, local Saraichola police station in-charge Rishikesh Sharma said.
No one was hurt in the incident. The Trivandrum bound Express train, which arrived here at midnight on Saturday, was scheduled to leave Silchar station at 8.05 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
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