Twenty-three coaches of the train, on the way to Assam from Delhi, derailed near the Raghunathpur station (Pic/Anju Pathak)
"A high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the reason behind the incident," East Central Railway's chief public relations officer Birendra Kumar said in a statement
The official stated that all passengers of the train bound for Kamakhya in Guwahati in Assam, who were in a position to undertake the onward journey, boarded a relief train in the early hours of Thursday
The 12506 North East Express departed the Anand Vihar terminal in Delhi at 7.40 am on Wednesday for its nearly 33-hour journey to Kamakhya. Electric wires, poles and tracks have been damaged due to the accident
Due to derailment, around 21 trains operating on the route have been diverted
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