‘One Last Time…’: Frantic Search for Bodies by Kin of Odisha Train Crash Victims, But 150 Still Unidentified
1 year, 6 months ago

‘One Last Time…’: Frantic Search for Bodies by Kin of Odisha Train Crash Victims, But 150 Still Unidentified

News 18  

Clutching a photograph, Ali Akhtar Salim has been asking anyone he can find about his son Aman at the Bahanaga High School. The desperate father, who has been looking for his son since Friday midnight, said the boy’s mother had fallen ill after she heard of the Odisha train crash. On Saturday, Odisha chief secretary Pradip Jena said over 150 bodies remain unidentified. Harshad Patel from Rotary, who is also helping the state government, said, “Most of the bodies have started to decompose; we have kept them in an air-conditioned room but it’s been two days. There is no one left in my family.” Missing body can pose legal challenges It is painful to search for the dead but there is also the legal aspect.

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Body Found in Odisha Train Wagon: Woman's Identity Yet to be Determined
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Body Found in Odisha Train Wagon: Woman's Identity Yet to be Determined

New Indian Express  

A woman's body has been found in a wagon of goods train in Odisha. The body was found during a routine inspection by RPF personnel, and has been identified as belonging to a 37-year-old woman. The woman was dressed in a brown saree and red and green bangles, and was wearing a tattoo that read 'BMKS' on her left arm. …

Father seeks murder probe after son found dead on tracks
9 months ago

Father seeks murder probe after son found dead on tracks

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The father of a 21-year-old man, who was found dead on railway tracks, has written to the Wadala Government Railway Police, claiming that his son was killed and the police should investigate the case as murder. Father seeks murder probe after son found dead on tracks According to the GRP incident report, on February 21, 2024, the railway police …

Odisha: Missing girl found dead in forest, father cries murder
9 months ago

Odisha: Missing girl found dead in forest, father cries murder

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR: Mystery shrouds the death of a nine-year-old missing girl whose decomposed body was recovered from a forest near Bainibas village within Muniguda police limits in Rayagada district on Monday. As the news spread, other villagers including the girl’s family members reached the spot and identified the body. Sub-divisional police officer of Muniguda Santoshini Oram said on being informed, police …

Four mutilated bodies found on rail line in Jharkhand; murder suspected
10 months, 1 week ago

Four mutilated bodies found on rail line in Jharkhand; murder suspected

Hindustan Times  

Four mutilated bodies were found on the railway track between Talaburu and Kendoposi railway stations under Chakradharpur division of the Southeastern Railway in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand during the wee hours of Saturday, officials said. The dead bodies included that of a man, a woman and a child while another dead body was tied in a gunny bag and …

Bahanaga Train tragedy: 28 Bodies Yet to be Identified
1 year, 3 months ago

Bahanaga Train tragedy: 28 Bodies Yet to be Identified

Deccan Chronicle  

BHUBANESWAR: Even after three months of the tragic train tragedy at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district, 28 bodies are yet to be identified. All 28 bodies have been preserved inside a special deep freezer chamber at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar. At present, we have 28 bodies for which we have no claimants,” informed AIIMS Bhubaneswar superintendent, …

Two months after Odisha train tragedy, 29 bodies yet to be identified
1 year, 4 months ago

Two months after Odisha train tragedy, 29 bodies yet to be identified

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: This aerial view shows damaged carriages at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, 200 km from Odisha capital Bhubaneswar At least 29 victims of the train tragedy at Bahanaga Bazar station of Odisha’s Balasore district, which killed 294 passengers in June, are yet to be identified, officials have said The final batch of DNA reports will …

Odisha train accident | Cloud over identities of 81 victims due to ‘challenging’ DNA profiling process
1 year, 5 months ago

Odisha train accident | Cloud over identities of 81 victims due to ‘challenging’ DNA profiling process

The Hindu  

Nearly a month after the June 2 Balasore train accident, which left 291 persons dead, the Railways has been unable to ascertain identities of up to 81 victims. “While there are 81 bodies, up to 84 claimants have registered with the AIIMS Bhubaneshwar claiming to be blood relatives of the deceased, and have deposited their blood samples,” a senior railway …

Train accident: Odisha consults neighbours as 82 bodies remain unidentified
1 year, 6 months ago

Train accident: Odisha consults neighbours as 82 bodies remain unidentified

India Today  

With as many as 82 bodies of victims of the Balasore train crash which occurred nearly a week ago remaining, Odisha government on Thursday held discussions with the officials from West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand seeking help in early identification and disposal of the human remains preserved here. Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation commissioner Vijay Amruta Kulange said, "We are also coordinating …

Train Accident: Odisha Consults Neighbours as 82 Bodies Remain Unidentified
1 year, 6 months ago

Train Accident: Odisha Consults Neighbours as 82 Bodies Remain Unidentified

News 18  

With as many as 82 bodies of victims of the Balasore train crash which occurred nearly a week ago remaining, Odisha government Thursday held discussions with the officials from West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand seeking help in early identification and disposal of the human remains preserved here. AIIMS Bhubaneswar said out of the 162 bodies kept at the institute, 80 …

Odisha Train Accident: Govt reaches out to neighbouring states for identification of 82 bodies
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha Train Accident: Govt reaches out to neighbouring states for identification of 82 bodies

Firstpost  

AIIMS Bhubaneswar said out of the 162 bodies kept at the institute, 80 bodies have been handed over to the families of deceased persons while 82 other remain unidentified. What has come as a problem is that some bodies are being claimed by multiple families The Odisha government on Thursday held discussions with its neighbouring states for consultation on the …

‘I am alive’: Presumed dead in Odisha train accident, man wakes up and seeks help
1 year, 6 months ago

‘I am alive’: Presumed dead in Odisha train accident, man wakes up and seeks help

Hindustan Times  

The Odisha train accident, which claimed the lives of over 280 people, in the worst train tragedy in India in the past two decades, has many heartbreaking stories. Thirty-five-year-old Robin Naiya was presumed dead as he was lying on the tracks after the collision of three trains near Odisha's Balasore. Naiya was among hundreds of bodies that had been kept …

Odisha train accident: Families await DNA test results in fight over India crash bodies
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: Families await DNA test results in fight over India crash bodies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Distressed family members of victims …

Body of man who died in Odisha train crash misplaced, sent to Bihar 'by mistake'
1 year, 6 months ago

Body of man who died in Odisha train crash misplaced, sent to Bihar 'by mistake'

India Today  

A man from West Bengal, who arrived in Odisha to collect the remains of his son who died in the triple-train crash in Odisha claimed that his son's body had been misplaced. He said the authorities sent his son's body to Bihar after another person claimed it. "He told my wife, 'Mummy, I will reach Howrah in some time', but …

4 days on, officials struggle to preserve bodies of Odisha train tragedy victims
1 year, 6 months ago

4 days on, officials struggle to preserve bodies of Odisha train tragedy victims

Hindustan Times  

At the Balasore district hospital, next to a helpdesk strewn with macabre photographs of the dead, Krupa Devi sits slumped against a wall. On Friday evening, the Coromandel Express that travels from Shalimar in West Bengal to Chennai in Tamil Nadu on one of India’s trunk railway routes, crashed into a goods train, some of its derailed compartments then colliding …

Anger grows as 100 bodies from Odisha train crash remain unclaimed
1 year, 6 months ago

Anger grows as 100 bodies from Odisha train crash remain unclaimed

The Independent  

It has been more than three days since India witnessed one of the deadliest train crashes in the country’s history, but anguished and increasingly frustrated families are still running between hospitals and makeshift mortuaries in Odisha to try and find their loved ones. open image in gallery Onkar Nath Panda, who lives just 50 metres away from the train tracks …

A man was given up for dead and piled with bodies after Indian train crash. His father saved his life
1 year, 6 months ago

A man was given up for dead and piled with bodies after Indian train crash. His father saved his life

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A father who refused to …

Odisha train accident | CBI gathers evidence; 83 bodies yet to be claimed
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident | CBI gathers evidence; 83 bodies yet to be claimed

The Hindu  

A team of Central Bureau of Investigation officials, accompanied by forensic experts, on Tuesday examined the site of the June 2 train accident involving the Coromandel Express, the Yashwantpur-Howrah Express and a goods train at Odisha’s Bahanaga Bazar, which has claimed 288 lives and left more than 1,200 injured. Editorial | Tragic track: on the Balasore train accident and corrective …

CBI team arrives at Balasore to probe train accident, questions railway officials
1 year, 6 months ago

CBI team arrives at Balasore to probe train accident, questions railway officials

Deccan Chronicle  

BAHANANGA: A 10-member team of Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday morning arrived at Bahanaga in Odisha’s Balasore district to launch investigation into the catastrophic train crash that left 275 passengers killed and more than 900 others injured. Reports from All India Institute of Medical Sciences -Bhubaneswar said the hospital has so far handed over 64 bodies of the accident …

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed days after India train crash
1 year, 6 months ago

Dozens of bodies remain unclaimed days after India train crash

Al Jazeera  

Authorities are trying to source iced containers to help preserve bodies as they issue fervent appeals to families to identify the dead. Family hopes DNA test will help Mohammed Imam Ul Haq has been struggling to find his missing brother and to claim his nephew’s body from the many corpses lying in Bhubaneswar hospitals. Authorities had taken DNA samples from …

Odisha train tragedy: Around 200 people still being treated; 101 bodies yet to be identified
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train tragedy: Around 200 people still being treated; 101 bodies yet to be identified

India TV News  

Odisha train tragedy: In a latest update to the tragic train accident in Odisha, officials said that around 200 people are still being treated in various hospitals, while 101 bodies are yet to be identified. The devastating collision, involving two passenger trains and a freight train, took the lives of at least 278 people and caused injuries to over 1100 …

Odisha train accident: Unclaimed bodies pileup crunch in morgues
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha train accident: Unclaimed bodies pileup crunch in morgues

Hindustan Times  

A photograph of his son clutched tightly to his chest on Sunday afternoon, Krushna Chandra Sahoo grew increasingly frantic as the day wore on. He tried to look closely at the mangled bodies, lying in white shrouds in geometrical, motionless lines, but his 38 year old son Jagdish Sahoo was not to be found. Two days after the Chennai bound …

Train accident: Unclaimed dead bodies create space problems in Odisha's morgues
1 year, 6 months ago

Train accident: Unclaimed dead bodies create space problems in Odisha's morgues

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is facing a morgue crunch as a large number of unclaimed dead bodies from Balasore's triple train accident, have piled up at its mortuaries. Sources said state government officials on Saturday drew the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards the situation created to preserve the bodies in the state during his visit to train accident site on …

Odisha Train Accident: Govt handing over identified bodies to relatives
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha Train Accident: Govt handing over identified bodies to relatives

Live Mint  

The Odisha government is handing over the identified bodies to their relatives or they are being transported to their respective destinations after autopsy. A statutory procedure will be followed for the unidentified ones, state Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena informed on Saturday morning while providing the latest updates on horrific Balasore train accident, as quoted by news agency ANI. Several coaches …

2 Uttarakhand men found dead by roadside. Police find 2 more bodies at home
2 years, 11 months ago

2 Uttarakhand men found dead by roadside. Police find 2 more bodies at home

Hindustan Times  

HALDWANI: Four members of a family were found dead on Wednesday in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand on Wednesday afternoon, police said. Udham Singh Nagar district superintendent of police Mamta Vohra said the Uttarakhand Police are questioning the family members and neighbours of the four persons found murdered on Wednesday A passerby first spotted bodies of two young men …

4 bodies found in 2 days in UP’s Bahraich; yet to be identified
3 years, 3 months ago

4 bodies found in 2 days in UP’s Bahraich; yet to be identified

Hindustan Times  

Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district have said four bodies, including those of two children, with their throats slit have been in the last two days, according to reports. The bodies found within a 9km radius of the Fakharpur area along the Lucknow-Bahraich highway are yet to be identified, according to Live Hindustan on Monday. "Bodies of the two children …

6 dead, 2 missing as two boats capsize in Odisha's Malkangiri
3 years, 7 months ago

6 dead, 2 missing as two boats capsize in Odisha's Malkangiri

India Today  

Six children feared drowned and two migrant labourers went missing after two boats capsized in Sileru River under Chitrakonda block of Malkangiri district in Odisha on Monday night. Speaking to India Today, Malkangiri Collector Dr. Yeddula Vijay said that six bodies were recovered till 5:00 pm on Tuesday evening while two are still untraceable. As the search operation was not …

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