At least 293 in the accident that took place on June 2 after the Chennai-bound Coromandel Express collided with an iron ore-laden goods train on the loop line near Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore. ) people died. In the days following the accident, the railways talked about the possibility of sabotage and possible tampering with the electronic interlocking system, the nerve-centre of the signaling system of the Indian Railways.