--Seized from train mishap site
: The Railways has seized hundreds of articles mainly wallets, vanity bags, mobile phones, bags and even gold ornaments and cash from the train accident site after the Friday evening triple train crash in Bahanaga in Baleswar district.
Reports said the articles which were collected by the rescuers including government deployed agencies , local villagers and volunteers from the accident site were deposited with the Government Railway Police (GRP).
As many as over 200 bags including travel and trolley bags were seized besides about 400 mobile phones, gold ornaments and cash.
While those articles while are with GRP, the officials here are reluctant to disclose their number and amount of gold or cash seized.
Papu Nayak, the officer-in-charge, GRP, Baleswar, is in Bhubaneswar in connection with the identification of bodies at AIIMS. The other officials in the police station avoided sharing information with the media.
However, the GRP informed that the seized articles would be handed over to the authentic claimants after proper scrutiny.