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Video: Trains smash into each other in West Bengal

Last updated on: May 28, 2010 09:56 IST
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The accident site in West Midnapore, West Bengal, has been strewn with mutilated bodies and belongings of passengers of the ill-fated Gyaneshwari Express.

The cause of the accident is still not confirmed -- with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee saying it was a blast, while police and railway officials have said Maoists had placed a fishplate on the tracks to cause derailment.

Rescue teams are using gas cutters to cut through the panels of the bogies to extradite the bodies and save the injured.

Video: Dipak Chakraborty