Coromandel Express accident: CBI gets remand of 3 rail officials for 4 more days  

Though the CBI sought further extension of their remand by five days, the court granted four.

The CBI has charged the trio under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Besides the three accused, the central probe agency has also summoned few other railway officials for interrogation, said official sources.

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Rescue operation underway following an accident involving Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Express and a goods train, in Balasore district, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (PTI)

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At least 238 people have been killed, and over 900 injured (Photo : Reuters)

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Rescue teams search the wreckage of the trains during a rescue operation after the triple train mishap, in Balasore district. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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The accident took place at 7 am yesterday when a passenger train hit the derailed coaches of another train followed by a collision with a goods train causing a crash of several coaches. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Visuals from the crash site showed smashed train coaches torn open and twisted train tracks. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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NDRF personnel carry out rescue work (PTI Photo)

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People, who were injured in trains collision, lie in a hospital corridor in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 3, 2023. REUTERS

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Union Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw overseeing the restoration work at the accident spot. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik meets an injured at a hospital in Balasore (PTI)

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An official gives a demonstration about the Odisha train accident as Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting to take the stock of situation after the mishap, in New Delhi, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (PTI Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes stock of the situation at the site of the accident in Balasore district, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is also seen. (PTI Photo)

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Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya meets an injured at Capital Hospital following Friday's accident involving three trains, in Bhubaneswar. (PTI)

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Emergency helpline number has been released by the Odisha Government ( Photo : PTI)

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People look at pictures to identify the bodies of victims of a train collision, at a temporary mortuary created in a business park, following the train collision in Balasore district in Odisha. (Reuters)

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Frantic family members throng Bahanaga high school, speak with authorities in a desperate attempt to identify the dead bodies. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

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Sheikh Abdul Wahab of South 24 parganas district is doing rounds of the bodies with the picture of his brother Md Giasuddin Sheikh who was travelling to Chennai to work as a mason. (Express photo by Partha Paul)

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Disaster Response Force personnel at Chennai Central railway station, where a special train carrying passengers injured in an accident involving three trains arrived at the station on Sunday. (PTI)