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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Satyasundar Barik

Remains of 28 unidentified victims of Balasore train accident to be cremated in Bhubaneswar

Four months after the dreadful train accident that left 296 persons dead and 1,100 injured in Odisha’s Balasore district, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun the process of disposing of the remains of 28 victims, whose rightful claimants had failed to come forward to collect them.

The BMC authorities on Saturday issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for disposal of bodies lying in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar following approval of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the month of August.

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