A glitch in the locomotive equipment may have caused the derailment of the Bikaner-Guwahati Express, said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who visited the accident site in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, on Friday.
“Preliminary inquiry shows there was a glitch in the locomotive equipment. No fault was found in tracks or speed restrictions. The equipment will be dismantled first and marks will be checked. The Commission of Rail Safety is conducting an inquiry to find out the root cause of the accident,” Vaishnaw told reporters.
The death toll in the accident climbed to nine on Friday with the recovery of two more bodies at the site.
