Tragedy Strikes: Kanchenjunga Express Crash Claims Lives in Darjeeling

Monday's Kanchenjunga Express train disaster near Rangapani in the Darjeeling district extinguished the eight-year-old girl's birthday candles.

Monday's crash claimed the life of a man who had boarded the Kanchenjunga Express to spend his daughter's birthday with her. On Tuesday, a father who was traveling with his six-year-old daughter lost her.

After the youngster passed away, the Monday total of nine deaths rose to Tuesday's total of ten.

Subhajit Mali, a thirty-three-year-old resident of Ballygunge in Calcutta, lost his life in a train disaster on Monday morning when the Kanchenjunga Express, headed for Sealdah, was struck by a cargo train at Choto Nirmaljote, close to Rangapani station.

Subhajit was on his way from Assam to Calcutta. He had informed his family that he would be staying in Guwahati, Assam, for a while while he was there on business.

The deceased's brother Surajit stated, "But he wanted to surprise his eight-year-old daughter on her birthday on June 17." "Therefore, he got on the misfortune train."

In order to remove his brother's mortal remains, Surajit traveled to North Bengal Medical College & Hospital (NBMCH) in Sushrutanagar, which is located outside of Siliguri, on Tuesday.

Early on Monday, he gave me a call and said he would return home that evening. He couldn't wait to celebrate his daughter's birthday. He instructed me to keep our other family members in the dark about his intentions. The brother said, "He intended to surprise his daughter by arriving home, thus he wanted the fact that he was going home to be a secret.

That was not going to happen.

Subhajit's body was delivered to the NBMCH on Monday, along with his amputated left leg. The forensic medicine department of the hospital's medical staff verified the body part's identity on Tuesday.

Surajit remarked, "Our day of celebration turned into a day of shock and horror."

Manilal Mandal, 41, a resident of Malda and an injured traveler on the unfortunate train, lost his six-year-old daughter Sneha on Tuesday.

"My wife Chhobi, our Sneha, and I went to my brother-in-law's house in Matigara, which is close to Siliguri. The father who had lost his son added, "Then, on Monday, we rode the train from New Jalpaiguri back home.

He mentioned that Sneha was itching to use the restroom as soon as the train began. She was taken there by her mother Chhobi.

"The disaster happened while they were using the restroom on the train. My kid had suffered serious injuries. She was in pain all Monday. Tuesday, she was no longer in anguish and had passed away forever, Manilal sobbed, saying that his wounded wife was not aware of the demise.

According to NBMCH sources, the injured kid died from a liver infection that had developed.

Throughout Tuesday, the government hospital saw both scenes of relief and anguish. Grieving family members bemoaned the loss of their loved ones on the one hand. However, the families of the injured passengers, who flocked to the hospital, exhaled with pleasure that their loved ones were still alive.

However, injured traveler Biswanath Sharma, 68, stated he did not anticipate any family members visiting the Siliguri hospital. Sharma was returning home to Krishnanagar, in the Nadia district.

Sharma, a Tripura-based cook, was hurt in the train accident on Monday in both his legs and chest.

"My kid works for a living and cannot afford to miss a day's pay. He is aware that I had an accident, but he lacks the funds to come get me. I'll take a bus home once I'm released," he stoically stated.

On Tuesday, representatives of Northeast Frontier Railway verified that the fare was ten.

Ten more people with severe injuries are receiving care at various facilities. A railway official stated, "The ex-gratia payments have already been made in accordance with the guidelines.

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