Indore Patna Express derailment: Four still missing, kin scour hospitals

Harried relatives were running from morgues to hospitals desperately looking for their loved ones. Pooja’s husband, Ravindra Pandey, 37, their eight-year-old son, Ayush, died in the accident while Adarsh suffered minor injuries. “We have found Ravindra and Ayush’s bodies, but Pooja is untraceable. We have checked at all the hospitals in Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur city. We have also checked the clothes of the deceased,” said Pooja’s father, Ramji Upadhyay, a businessman from Azamgarh district.

Ravindra worked for a private firm in Bhopal; he was on his way to Varanasi with his family to attend a wedding on November 24. “Ravindra and Ayush’s bodies have been sent to Jaunpur for final rites; doctors have discharged Adarsh. We would continue searching for Pooja…,” said Pooja’s brother, Ravi.

Singh, who worked in Indore, was travelling along with his wife, Asha, and 19-year-old daughter, Sakshi, to Gorakhpur for a wedding. “After speaking to Sakshi over phone, we came to Hallet Hospital in Kanpur, where she is admitted. She has suffered multiple fractures,” said Asha’s brother, Ashok. “We found Asha’s body at Kanpur Dehat morgue, but Chandra Pratap Singh remains untraced.”

Kumar’s brother, Pradeep, said that he left with his another injured sibling, Pramod, for Bihar after he could not find him. Kumar and Pramod worked as labourers in Bhopal and were on their way home. Pramod suffered multiple injuries. “We would return to Kanpur Dehat after two days. I have left all details with officials and have requested them to intimate us if they get any information,” said Pradeep.

Devi was returning home in Ghazipur along with son Rakesh, who was scheduled to get married on December 3, and her daughter and a daughter-in-law after visiting her son, Ritesh, in Indore. She remained untraceable while Rakesh, his sister and sister-in-law died.

Kanpur Dehat District Magistrate Kumar Ravi Kant Singh separately said that 137 bodies have been identified while autopsies
have been conducted on 133 of them.