Alamgir HossainWATERY GRAVE: The bus being pulled out of the Bhandardaha lake in Murshidabad's Daulatabad on Monday. "About 10 passengers who managed to scramble out of the gate started swimming towards the edge of the lake. Preliminary reports suggest that the accident took place while the driver was speaking on the mobile phone. "In 1997, 68 people had died when a bus fell in Padma river in Jalangi. In 1998, 35 passengers died when another bus fell into the Bhagirathi river from Behrampore bridge," an official said.

Source: The Telegraph January 29, 2018 19:18 UTC