Only 78 passengers of the ill-fated Indore-Patna Express are eligible to claim insurance money, out of whom five died in the mishap, IRCTC said on Thursday. There were 128 passengers eligible for insurance, out of which 50 tickets were cancelled, leaving 78 eligible passengers. The affected passengers are covered under insurance companies - Royal Sundaram (32), Shriram (14) and ICICI Lombard (32). For the seven injury cases, insurance companies are getting in touch with the passengers and their families. In case of 36 passengers, the insurance companies are not able to make contact as the phone numbers provided are either switched off or not reachable.

Source: dna November 24, 2016 18:14 UTC