Odisha prepare crash: Bengal Teens shared identify and tragic destiny
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Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: They have been of their early 20s and the perfect buddies of their village. They even shared the identical name- Suman Roy. But little did they know they’d meet the identical destiny and go away for the heavenly abode the identical day. The two younger males from West Bengal’s Arazi Lalchandpur village bordering Bangladesh have been amongst 288 individuals who misplaced their lives within the tragic prepare crash at Bahanaga.
The youth have been amongst 5 migrant labourers from their village heading for Chennai to work at a development website. While the physique of 1 Suman has already been recognized and dispatched to his native place, the kinfolk of the opposite has arrived at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar to establish the physique. Three others, who have been injured, have been discharged from hospitals.
“We have already identified the body from the photographs displayed near the help desk. But we are unable to find it as the number on the photo and the token number provided to us to receive the body from the stored container is not matching. We are verifying it again with the records available,” mentioned Suman’s brother Jeet Kumar Roy.
“The two friends had boarded the train from Howrah. This was their first journey as migrant labourers to the South Indian city. As some labourers from our village, already working in Chennai, had assured their work, they sounded happy as they were going to earn for the first time. Everything is shattered now,” mentioned Jeet.
Arazi Lalchandpur village in Dakshin Dinajpur district has a inhabitants of round 800 and greater than 200 amongst of them work as migrant labourers in several cities throughout the nation. Like the 2 Sumans, a number of migrant labourers from West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha who had boarded the overall compartment of the Coromandel Express have been killed within the prepare crash.
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“Suman was the only bread earner of the family. He was working as a daily wager back home and as his earning was insufficient to manage the family, he decided to move to Chennai for better income. He is survived by his parents and two other younger siblings. How will they survive,” requested Pradut Roy, his cousin.
BHUBANESWAR: They have been of their early 20s and the perfect buddies of their village. They even shared the identical name- Suman Roy. But little did they know they’d meet the identical destiny and go away for the heavenly abode the identical day. The two younger males from West Bengal’s Arazi Lalchandpur village bordering Bangladesh have been amongst 288 individuals who misplaced their lives within the tragic prepare crash at Bahanaga.
The youth have been amongst 5 migrant labourers from their village heading for Chennai to work at a development website. While the physique of 1 Suman has already been recognized and dispatched to his native place, the kinfolk of the opposite has arrived at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar to establish the physique. Three others, who have been injured, have been discharged from hospitals.
“We have already identified the body from the photographs displayed near the help desk. But we are unable to find it as the number on the photo and the token number provided to us to receive the body from the stored container is not matching. We are verifying it again with the records available,” mentioned Suman’s brother Jeet Kumar Roy.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“The two friends had boarded the train from Howrah. This was their first journey as migrant labourers to the South Indian city. As some labourers from our village, already working in Chennai, had assured their work, they sounded happy as they were going to earn for the first time. Everything is shattered now,” mentioned Jeet.
Arazi Lalchandpur village in Dakshin Dinajpur district has a inhabitants of round 800 and greater than 200 amongst of them work as migrant labourers in several cities throughout the nation. Like the 2 Sumans, a number of migrant labourers from West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha who had boarded the overall compartment of the Coromandel Express have been killed within the prepare crash.
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“Suman was the only bread earner of the family. He was working as a daily wager back home and as his earning was insufficient to manage the family, he decided to move to Chennai for better income. He is survived by his parents and two other younger siblings. How will they survive,” requested Pradut Roy, his cousin.
