CBI probe won't help: Mamata Banerjee on Odisha train crash investigation

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A probe into the three-train crash in Odisha by the Central Bureau of Investigation will yield no results, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today after meeting the injured at the state-run SSKM hospital in Kolkata...

I also gave the Gyaneswari Express accident case to the Central Bureau of Investigation 12 years ago..

Think about all those who have lost their family members, Banerjee said.. Unidentified bodies must be identified first, the chief minister said..

At the hospital, Banerjee met the injured from the horrific train accident, said to be the countrys deadliest in decades..

The crash involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express and a freight train occurred around 7 pm near the Bahanaga Bazar station, about 250 km from Kolkata and 170 km from Bhubaneswar...

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