<p>The CBI on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/balasore-train-crash-death-toll-reaches-291-23292955" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Balasore train accident</a>, making its first arrests in the case, officials said.</p>
<p>The agency arrested Senior Section Engineer (signal) Arun Kumar Mahanta, Section Engineer Mohammed Amir Khan and Technician Pappu Kumar, all posted in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/odisha-train-accident-40-coromandel-express-passengers-may-have-died-of-electrocution-23290759" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Balasore</a> district, the officials said.</p>
<p>The three have been arrested under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence), they said.</p>
<p>The accident took place near the Bahanaga Bazar station in the Balasore district of Odisha in which 293 people were killed -- 287 on the spot or brought dead to hospital while six succumbed to injuries in hospitals.</p>
<p>The accident involved three trains: the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express, Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and a stationary goods train.</p>
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The CBI on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident, making its first arrests in the case

Balasore accident: CBI makes first arrests, 3 railway staff held

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The CBI on Friday took into custody three railway personnel in connection with the June 2 Balasore train accident, making its first arrests in the case, officials said

Balasore accident: CBI makes first arrests, 3 railway staff held

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