Bodies of 9 pilgrims killed in TN fireplace tragedy despatched to households after arrival in Lucknow

By PTI

LUCKNOW/SITAPUR: Bodies of 9 pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, together with 5 from Sitapur district, killed in a hearth tragedy in a practice coach in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai had been despatched to their households after they reached right here on Sunday.

Relief Commissioner Naveen Kumar mentioned the our bodies arrived from Chennai on the Chowdhury Charan Singh airport right here on two separate flights.

District-wise hearse automobiles had been organized on the airport by the federal government and the our bodies had been transported to their respective districts.

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak reached the airport to obtain the our bodies of Manoharman Agarwal (81) and her granddaughter Himani Bansal (22), who hailed from Lucknow.

The duo’s our bodies had been cremated on the Gulala Ghat in Lucknow, Manoharman’s son Manoj Agarwal instructed PTI.

Speaking to PTI, Pathak expressed condolence over the dying of the 9 individuals, including, “The state government is providing all possible assistance to the families.”

Nine individuals had been killed and eight others injured when a hearth broke out inside a stationary practice compartment on the Madurai railway station on August 26, the Southern Railway mentioned.

The deceased, sure for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, had final week embarked from Lucknow on the pilgrimage with a number of others in a non-public get together coach booked by their tour operator, they added.

Officials mentioned that the our bodies of 5 deceased who hailed from Sitapur — Mithilesh Singh (52), Shatru Daman Singh (65), Harish Kumar Bhasin (60), Ankul Kashyap (32) and Deepak Kashyap (20) — had been despatched to their hometown from the state capital by ambulances below the supervision of police and district officers.

Sitapur Additional District Magistrate RB Tiwari instructed PTI that each one 5 our bodies had been handed to their households on Sunday night.

“One of the deceased identified as Deepak Kashyap of Kanshiram locality has been cremated today, while the rest will be cremated as per the decision of their respective families,” the ADM mentioned.

Rohit Anand, nephew of deceased tour operator Harish Bhasin mentioned his maternal uncle was within the tour enterprise for a very long time and used to take individuals on pilgrimage.

“We did not expect that this was his last trip. When fire broke out, my maternal uncle came out safely. However, after hearing cries from the train coach, he again entered it to rescue people but succumbed to the fire,” Anand instructed PTI.

Bhasin’s final rites can be carried out on Monday at an area crematorium in Sitapur, he added.

The household of Mithilesh Singh who died within the tragedy additionally mentioned that he can be cremated on Monday.

The police and administration are serving to the aggrieved households in each doable means and in accordance with instructions issued by authorities, ADM RB Tiwari mentioned.

Sita Singh, a member of the pilgrimage group and a resident of Gomti Nagar right here, returned safely on a Lucknow-bound flight on Sunday.

Her son Mohit Singh, who got here to obtain his mom on the airport mentioned the household was fearful as they had been initially unable to succeed in out to her over the telephone after the incident.

“We were relieved when we could finally speak to her and now she has safely arrived here,” Singh mentioned.

Shanti Devi (67) from Lakhimpur Kheri and Parmeshwar Dayal Gupta (57) from Hardoi are the opposite deceased within the tragedy, other than the duo from Lucknow and the 5 individuals from Sitapur, officers mentioned.

The Southern Railway mentioned a gasoline cylinder “illegally” taken contained in the coach led to the blaze, which additionally injured eight individuals.

Various angles, together with a doable gasoline leak, having triggered the blaze are being probed, it mentioned.

Bhasin, who too misplaced his life within the fireplace, has been recognized because the tour operator for this pilgrimage, officers right here mentioned on Sunday.

On Saturday, the Government Railway Police (GRP) had filed a case in opposition to the “tour operator” however didn’t determine him.

Following the incident, the Uttar Pradesh authorities launched Rs 3 lakh every to the kin of 4 deceased individuals on Saturday and the small print of authorized heirs are being verified for giving monetary assist to the remaining 5, officers mentioned.

Relief Commissioner Naveen Kumar mentioned the our bodies arrived from Chennai on the Chowdhury Charan Singh airport right here on two separate flights.

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