The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the sabotage angle in the derailments in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur and Andhra Pradesh's Kuneru area.
Railways today suspended five senior officials and transferred Jhansi DRM after Indore-Patna derailment tragedy.
Railways on Tuesday formed a 12-member team of Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel to investigate the Indore-Patna Express derailment which has left 149 passengers dead and over 100 injured.
Some passengers injured in the train derailment in Pukhrayan on Sunday mysteriously received cash, mostly in the denomination of scrapped Rs. 500 notes, while they were admitted in a hospital.
In a shocking revelation in the Indore-Patna train tragedy that killed at least 120 people, it has emerged that the train on the ill-fated day was carrying over fifty percent of passengers more than what has been originally claimed by the Railways.
Out of the 410 tickets booked on the IRCTC website, accounting for 695 passengers of the unfortunate Indore-Patna express accident only 126 (accounting for 209 passengers) included the recently announced travel insurance that costs less than Re 1.
The train tragedy involving Indore-Patna Express that left over 100 dead could have been caused due to rail fracture, according to sources in the railways.
Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday ordered an enquiry into the derailment of Indore-Patna Express, in which over 90 people were killed warning of strictest action against those responsible.
At least 45 people lost their lives after 14 coaches of Indore-Patna derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh in wee hours of Sunday.
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