2 Bangladeshis among injured in Odisha train accident

Two Bangladeshi nationals, who were going to Chennai from Shalimar station near Kolkata, are reportedly among the injured in the triple train crash in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, a Bangladesh deputy high commission official in Kolkata said today.

Both the Bangladeshis were in the Coramandel Express train which runs between Shalimar and Chennai, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting the official.

Efforts are on to find out their identity, the official said, adding that the condition of the two was reported to be stable at a hospital in Balasore, which is an hour drive from the accident site.

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