Murshidabad bus accident: Toll goes up to 42; four people still missing
Six more bodies have been pulled out of a bus a day after the vehicle plunged into a canal in Daulatabad area of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.
With this, the death toll has gone to 42.
Relatives of those missing were seeing at the accident site on Tuesday morning waiting for search operations to resume. However, due to heavy fog, search operations by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Disaster Management Group (DMG) were delayed.
As soon as operations started, six bodies were pulled out within the first two hours and sent to Murshidabad Medical College for postmortem.
Four people, identified as Rafiqul Islam, Abdul Malik, Prodyut Chowdhury and Safina Rahman were still missing.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express his sorrow regarding the accident.
Anguished by the bus accident in West Bengal’s Murshidabad. My thoughts and prayers are with those who lost their loved ones: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 30, 2018
Very sad to learn about the horrific bus accident in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Condolences to the bereaved families and wishing an early recovery to those injured #PresidentKovind
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 30, 2018
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