But in May 2010, Maoists were blamed for the Gyaneshwari Express collision in Bengal in which 148 people were killed. The engine, two AC coaches, four sleeper coaches, two general bogies and one luggage van got derailed. Railway minister Suresh Prabhu, Odisha chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhee and other senior officials visited the accident site today and supervised the rescue operation. "All the possible angles behind the accident will be looked into at the time of the probe," Prabhu said at Rayagada. During a visit to Calcutta last June, Prabhu had described Mamata as a "very successful railway minister".

Source: The Telegraph January 22, 2017 21:49 UTC