In a touching story of determination, a father’s 230-kilometre journey to Balasore led him to reunite with his 24-year-old son who was presumed dead.
The triple train accident in Odisha’s Balasore resulted in the loss of 275 lives and left over 1000 injured on June 2.
Helaram Mallik said his son, Biswajit, who boarded the Coromandel Express, was mistaken for dead and had a pile of bodies placed upon him. Determined to find his son, Helaram Mallik called his son, who told him he was in pain but alive. He then embarked on a 230-kilometre journey to Balasore.