Indian train crash: police open criminal negligence case
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6C274)
Ministers accused of trying to shift blame for Friday's disaster in which 275 people died
Police in the Indian state of Odisha have registered a criminal case of death by negligence" relating to the train collision on Friday that killed 275 people, as critics accused the government of trying to shift blame for the disaster.
The report filed by police did not name any specific person as being responsible but stated that culpability of specific railway employees has not been ascertained, which will be unearthed during the investigation".
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