"India Arrests 3 Railway Workers in Train Crash That Killed 290", 7 July 2023

Indian officials...arrested three railway workers in connection with a deadly train crash last month that left at least 290 people dead and once again highlighted safety problems across a vast train network that serves as an important lifeline for the poor.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, which is leading the criminal inquiry into the train accident in the eastern state of Odisha, said the workers were arrested on charges of endangering the safety of passengers, culpable homicide without murder, and tampering with evidence.

In a statement, the agency identified the three as a senior section engineer, a section engineer and a technician.

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The majority of the dead came from three general coaches, where India’s poorest — often laborers in search of economic opportunity — pack in shoulder to shoulder, traveling large stretches of the journey standing.