According to the Balasore district collector, the death toll in the Odisha train crash rose to 288 after three train victims succumbed to their injuries
The CBI has taken over the investigation of the case and filed an FIR upon request by the Ministry of Railways
The FIR was lodged under sections 377, 378, 304A, and 34 of IPC and sections 153, 154, and 175 of the Railway Act
The Railways restored both up and down lines near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Odisha, where the incident took place
Since restoration of lines, more than 70 trains have crossed the track
The train that crossed the accident site includes Coromandel Express and Vande Bharat Express
According to Adiyta Kumar Chuadhary, CRPO, South Eastern Railway, over 531 people have been compensated till now, amounting to 15.6 crore
Earlier, PM Modi, Railways Minster Ashwini Vaishnaw, and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee visited the accident site