Overview
- Eleven people, including the loco pilot, were killed and about 20 injured when a MEMU passenger train struck a stationary goods train near Bilaspur on November 4, with rescue work ending early November 5 and traffic restored.
- A preliminary South East Central Railway report by five experts finds the MEMU crew failed to control the train at danger signal AJ-5, committing a Signal Passed at Danger before the collision.
- The Central government has tasked Commissioner of Railway Safety B.K. Mishra to conduct a formal inquiry under Section 113 of the Railways Act, and witnesses have been invited to submit evidence.
- Chhattisgarh Police registered an FIR against unidentified persons for causing death by negligence and related Railways Act offences, initiating a parallel criminal investigation.
- Indian Railways announced ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh for families of the deceased, Rs 5 lakh for the seriously injured and Rs 1 lakh for minor injuries, with the state adding Rs 5 lakh and Rs 50,000 respectively.