Six passengers from Tamil Nadu, who were on the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express that met with an accident in Odisha on Friday, could not be contacted by State government officials till Sunday evening. However, the passengers they were travelling with have informed the Railway Police that they are safe.
In the morning, the State government said eight of the 127 passengers who travelled on the Coromandel Express and had “Tamil names” or those “who have provided an address in Tamil Nadu as their place of residence” could not be contacted.
Minister for Youth Welfare Udhayanidhi Stalin, who arrived at the Chennai airport on Sunday evening from Odisha where he was deputed by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, said two of these eight passengers “have been traced”.
