While miscreants on social media try to paint the Odisha triple train tragic accident that left at least 275 people dead and more than thousands of people injured, in communal colour, Tukna Das (45), is quietly involved in his manual labour at an ISKCON temple, which is next to the location of the collision site in Balasore.
A day after the June 2 accident, various social media handles claimed that there was a mosque near the accident site. However, what was being portrayed as a mosque is actually the Bahanaga ISKCON temple. It is a partially-constructed temple and Mr. Das who hails from Ganjam district works there as a mason.
Every day, after his work, Mr. Das would sit on the first floor terrace of the ISKCON temple and watch trains snake past, and this has been his routine for the past one and a half months. On the day of the tragic incident that claimed many lives, Mr. Das was wrapping up his work as the evening descended on the Bahanaga Bazar station.
