Not CBI's Job, Elected Govt Should Give Answers: Congress On Central Agency Probe Into Odisha Train Accident

Congress Tuesday said that the elected government should give answers over the recent train accident in Odisha, and not the CBI.

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate.

Source : PTI

The Congress party on Tuesday said that the elected government at the Centre should give answers over the recent train accident in Odisha, and not the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Congress leader Suproya Shrinate said that it is into CBI's job and the answers should be sought from the present-day elected government. While talking to PTI, she said that the CBI investigation in the case is an attempt to shift focus from the responsibilities that the government has.

"I don’t think this is CBI’s job; these answers need to be given by the present day elected government," Congress leader Supriya Shrinate told PTI. She added that the government was shown a 'mirror' by the CAG, Parliamentary Standing Committee and their own officers as recently as February this year. 

VIDEO | “I don’t think this is CBI’s job; these answers need to be given by the present day elected government,” says Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on CBI probe into #OdishaRailTragedy. pic.twitter.com/vYnR7vp1vz

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The response came after Railways sought a CBI probe into the three trains accident in Odisha's Balasore on Friday, June 2. A 10-member CBI team reached the spot on Tuesday along with forensics and the Commission of Railway Safety (CRS) teams to investigate the area and the deadly clash of trains.

Railways put the official death toll in the Odisha triple train crash at 278, stating that three more people have succumbed to their injuries.

The state government's revised toll, however, remained unchanged at 275.

Khurda Road Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rinkesh Ray said on Monday that apart from 278 deaths, 1,100 people were injured in the June 2 accident.

On the state government's toll remaining at 275, he said, "Figures do change with time." The toll was earlier put at 288, which the state government revised to 275 on Sunday, claiming some bodies were counted twice.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, also a former Railway Minister, questioned the figures, stating that 61 people from her state have died and 182 others are still missing.

Roy said of the 1,100 injured, less than 200 are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.

He said that of the 278 bodies, 177 have been identified while 101 more are yet to be identified and these unclaimed bodies have been kept in six different hospitals.

 

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