An investigation into India's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades is underway, with preliminary findings pointing at a signal failure as the likely cause of the collision that led to the death of 275 people.

An old report by the country’s official auditor, now in focus following a deadly train crash, indicates “mis-spending” of funds by Indian Railways while safety suffered.

Mohammed Imam Ul Haq has been struggling to find his missing brother and to claim his nephew's body from the many corpses lying in city hospitals following India's worst train accident in two decades on Friday.

The country’s top disaster-response force had to cut through metal and search railcars filled with bodies after the three-way crash that killed at least 275 people.

A report last year by India’s auditor general found that spending on basic railways maintenance had fallen since 2017, leading to serious lapses in safety. On Monday, Vishal Tiwari, a lawyer in the Supreme Court, filed a legal petition advocating for an independent expert committee that would conduct a “time-bound probe into the accident.”

Five days after a deadly three-train crash killed 275 people in India, close to a 100 bodies remain unclaimed. The crash on Friday evening in the state of Odisha involved two passenger trains and a stationary goods train. More than 1,000 injured were taken to hospitals for treatment. Many families say they are still looking for loved ones.

Families of the victims of India’s deadliest train crash in decades are filling a hospital to try to identify the bodies of their loved ones