Train tragedy: FIR in Balasore accident alleges criminal negligence

A first information report (FIR) has been lodged with the Odisha Police in connection with the Balasore accident case, in which suspected interference with the interlocking system led to a three-train crash that killed 275 people and injured over 1,000.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is also likely to have taken over the investigation after the Railway Board made a recommendation in this regard on Sunday evening. Simultaneously, the independent probe by the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), an authority under the Ministry of Civil Aviation, started on Monday.