A day after a sleeper class
coach of Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express was gutted in fire
near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, the Government Railway Police
(GRP) here has pegged the death toll at 28 and number of
injured at 31 while identifying fourteen of the charred
victims.
"Of 28 deaths, so far 14 bodies have been identified
and 12 of them, including four women and two children, have
been handed over to their relatives, while fourteen bodies
have been preserved for identification at Nellore government
hospital," a Government Railway Police (GRP) release said
today.
According to the release, 31 passengers were injured
in the mystery fire that broke out in S-11 bogie of the
ill-fated train near Nellore in the wee hours yesterday and
were admitted to different hospitals there.
Out of 31 injured passengers, 12 belonged to Andhra
Pradesh, seven to Tamil Nadu, three were from Punjab/Haryana,
four from Uttar Pradesh, while three hailed from Madhya
Pradesh and one each from Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, the
release said.
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