Bangalore: It was an agonising wait for relatives of the passengers of the ill-fated Bangalore-Nanded Express train as they stood outside the state-run Victoria Hospital here, some expecting bodies and others not even sure of the fate of their dear ones.
Anxious relatives and friends were seen approaching the Police help desk at the hospital to know the fate of their dear ones who travelled in the AC-3 Tier Coach (B-1) of the train which caught fire, claiming 26 lives.
The bodies were brought in ambulances to the hospital, as the grief-stricken kin of the victims waited. A few relatives were seen even approaching the huge media contingent present to get any bit of information about their relatives.
Satish, relative of Rahul Patange, a 25 year old software engineer working in US, said "Rahul is said to be in the same compartment, we have no information about him till now. Our attempts to reach him over the phone has failed, I'm deeply worried now."
"Rahul was on his way to Raichur from Bangalore; his parents are coming here after hearing about the news on television," he said.
Equally worried was Sheshapani, maternal uncle of Sreelatha (26) and her husband Srinivas (28), newly wed software engineer couple and city residents.
"Sreelatha and Srinivas were married six months ago; I'm not getting any information about them till now." "Please share with me if you have any access to survivors or dead list," he requested mediapersons.
In another case, three members from the same family including two and half year old boy were on their way to Raichur in the train. "We still have no confirmation about them," said a relative.
A 64 year old man was seen waiting at the hospital to know about his son in-law.
Police officials at the help desk said "we will allow relatives to look at bodies and identify them, whether they are able to identify bodies or not- we will have to go for identity tests because bodies might have got burnt beyond recognition." "We expect the process to take two days."
