Rescuing people is our priority, says Rail Min Suresh Prabhu

November 20, 2016 20:15

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu visited the accident spot where Patna-Indore express train derailed.

After monitoring the situation, Prabhu tweeted, "Visited accident site and reviewed rescue and relief operations. Rescuing people, providing relief to those injured our immediate priority."

Prabhu has ordered a probe into the mishap and made it clear that "guilty won't be spared".

At least 116 passengers were killed and more than 200 injured, nearly half of them grievously, in the worst train accident in recent years when 14 coaches of Indore-Patna Express derailed in Pukhrayan in Kanpur rural area in the wee hours on Sunday due to suspected rail fracture.

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