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Bihar train accident | High-level inquiry ordered, many trains diverted as restoration works continue

The railways on October 12 ordered a high-level inquiry into the derailment of the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express in Bihar's Buxar district, in which four persons were killed and several people injured, officials said.

Twenty-three coaches of the train, on the way to Assam from Delhi, derailed near the Raghunathpur station around 9.53 p.m. on October 11, they said.

"A high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the reason behind the incident," East Central Railway's Chief Public Relations Officer Birendra Kumar said in a statement.

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