Odisha triple train accident: Seven railway employees suspended over ‘involvement and negligence’

The Indian Railways have suspended seven railway officials, including three employees arrested by the CBI, on the charge of dereliction of duty leading to the triple train crash in Odisha’s Balasore which killed 293 people and injures hundreds on June 2.

South Eastern Railway‘s General Manager Anil Kumar Mishra, who visited Bahanaga Bazar and Balasore railway stations on Wednesday, told reporters, “Had the officials been alert, the accident could have been avoided.”