Three railways officials have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday in connection with the train tragedy in Odisha in which over 290 people were killed.
Senior Section engineer Arun Kumar Mohanta, section engineer Mohammad Amir Khan and technician Pappu Kumar have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and destruction of evidence, according to media reports.
The Coromandel Express crashed into a stationary goods train, derailing most of its coaches. A few coaches of Coromandel toppled over the last few coaches of the Bengaluru-Howrah Express which was passing by at the same time.
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