Thirty one passengers from West Bengal who were on board the Coromandel Express train that was involved in Odisha train accident are still missing, the state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The death toll in the accident has mounted to 288, media reports said.

“Odisha and West Bengal governments are working together. They are providing free treatment. A total of 103 bodies belonging to West Bengal have been identified and 97 people are under treatment and 31 are missing," Banerjee told reporters in Cuttack where she is on a visit to meet injured persons currently admitted in different hospitals.