CBI seals missing Soro Signal Junior Engineer Amir Khan’s home amid Odisha train crash probe

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the Odisha train accident, has sealed the house of the Soro section Signal Junior Engineer in Balasore.

The engineer Amir Khan, who lived in a rented house in Balasore, has now gone missing with his family.

During its initial investigation, the engineer was questioned by the probe agency. Following their visit to Balasore on June 16, the CBI team returned on Monday and sealed the engineer's residence.

The death toll in the Balasore train accident rose to 292 on Sunday with a 24-year-old passenger from West Bengal succumbing to his injuries at a state-run hospital in Cuttack, an official said.

At present over 40 injured passengers are undergoing treatment in SCB Medical College and Hospital Cuttack.