Electronic fault cited as train crash cause

India's deadly rail accident leaves 275 killed and over 1,170 injured

Mangled train carriages were on top of one another, a few coaches had plunged into a nearby water body and an engine sat atop a freight car.

Amid all this, a heap of dead bodies covered in white cloth — many were limbless — lay scattered. Cries and screams of survivors and mourners were heart-wrenching. And over everything was the sound of the sirens of many ambulances.

After reviewing restoration work at the collision site, India's Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Sunday: "We have identified the root cause of the train accident and the people responsible for it. (The) accident happened due to a change in electronic interlocking. Right now our focus is on restoration."