Kurnool tragedy: over 100 cell phones were being transported in the ill-fated bus

VIJAYAWADA

The V. Kaveri Travels autobus that went up successful flames adjacent Kurnool connected Friday was carrying implicit 100 mobile telephone successful the luggage compartment which aggravated the fire, said Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory (APFSL) Director G. Pala Raju.

“The backstage autobus operator booked the bid for the mobile phones and loaded the boxes successful the luggage cabin. All the phones were burnt successful the occurrence and the batteries exploded,” Mr. Pala Raju told The Hindu connected Saturday (October 25).

Along with the caller mobile phones, galore different worldly were loaded successful the luggage cabin, the forensic officials said.

“We collected 83 samples of the burnt materials, including the burnt luggage, motor parts, spot covers, damaged compartment phones, doors, melted upwind shields and different objects from the spot,” said Mr. Pala Raju.

Of the 16 FSL teams, 4 are moving connected carnal analysis, 2 connected chemic investigation and the remaining connected DNA preservation and matching them with the humor samples of the household members of the deceased, helium said.

“The APFSL is trying to find retired the different worldly loaded successful the luggage cabin. Forensic experts are trying to find retired the superior and secondary origin for the occurrence successful the moving bus,” the APFSL Director said.

In the chemic analysis, the APFSL teams would find retired however the occurrence started and engulfed the bus.

Mr. Pala Raju said the absorption clip was precise little successful the autobus occurrence accident, and determination was nary accidental for the radical to prevention the passengers trapped successful the sleeper coach.

“According to the analysis, the autobus occurrence occurred betwixt 2.55 a.m. and 3 a.m.,” helium said.