Guwahati-Bikaner train incident: Death toll rises to 9

Guwahati: The death toll in the Guwahati-Bikaner train reaches nine and more than 30 people got injured in the incident.

According to reports, the deceased have been identified as Lalu Kumar (56), Chiranjit Barman (23), SahidaKhatun (17), Subhesh Roy (38), Sumen Dey (36), and Shantana Devi Patn.

However, the identification of the other three deceased is yet to be ascertained.

It may be mentioned that the Central government announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh for the family members of the people who lost their lives.

Meanwhile, the Union Railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw on Friday has visited the incident place and took stock of the matter.

It needs to be mentioned that the rescue operation was carried out by two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) after multiple bogies of the Guwahati-Bikaner Express (15633) derailed in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Thursday, trapping passengers.

The incident took place at around 5 pm near Domohani in West Bengal and at least 1200 passengers were on board the train when the incident took place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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