Indore Patna Express accident: Orphaned in Kanpur, some children traced

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Two-year-old Srishti, with injuries on her face and hand, was discharged Monday evening from the Kanpur Dehat district hospital. Her parents, Sonu Vishwakarma and Malti, were dead. Her uncle Monu, who sustained fractures in his hand, took Srishti to their home in Ambedkar Nagar district. “Sonu worked at a poultry farm in Indore. We were travelling in the S2 coach,” Monu said.

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Another two-year-old, Aarohi Soni, was handed over to her father Ritesh on Monday. He was still trying to locate his mother, Kaushalya. His brother Rakesh — they were headed to his wedding in Ghazipur on December 3 — died, as did his sisters Pooja and Hemwati.

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The family of Jyoti was travelling from Sagar to their village in Kanpur Nagar district’s Chaubepur area where her god bharai was to take place Monday. Her parents, Sati Prasad and Shakuntala, and younger brother, Manish (16) are dead. She is admitted at the Hallet Hospital in Kanpur City. “She is the only one alive. Today, we were supposed to do her god bharai,” said her uncle Munna Lal, waiting to fill a form for Manish’s autopsy.

Ten-year-old Abhay, who suffered a head injury, has been unconscious at the Hallet Hospital — the only survivor from a family of five. His parents, Sanjay Srivastava and Pratima, sisters Suhani (16) and Surbhi (13) are dead. Srivastava, who worked at a textile mill in Indore, was going to Varanasi to attend a wedding.

“We have brought four bodies to our village for cremation. Tomorrow, I will go to Kanpur to shift Abhay to another hospital,” his uncle Harsh said. At the accident site, revenue official Prakash Singh made entries for articles found in Pratima’s purse — Rs 7,200 cash, a gold ring, her and her husband’s Aadhaar cards and a Micromax mobile phone with a shattered screen.

Officials shifted all 80 unclaimed bags and suitcases to the Reserve Police Line of Kanpur Dehat as the rescue operation at the site neared completion.