Indian rescue workers have resumed the gruesome search for victims of a train wreck blamed on Maoist saboteurs, with fears that the final death toll could exceed 150.
More than 30 hours after a Mumbai-bound high-speed passenger train from Kolkata careened off the tracks in a remote part of West Bengal, emergency teams are still trying to cut their way into mangled compartments.
So far, they say, 90 bodies have been recovered.
But police say that that figure is going to rise, as two of the carriages had yet to be fully searched. West Bengal's civil defence minister says that as many as 70 passengers are still missing.
Flung into path of oncoming train
Police say the rebels sabotaged the track, causing the train to derail; four of its carriages were flung into the path of a goods train coming the other way. Rail officials say the driver failed to spot the damaged track in the darkness.
A spokesman for the rebels has denied any involvement, the BBC reports. The Maoists have stepped up their attacks in recent months, however, and had called for a "black week" beginning on Friday in the region.
In recent months, they have attacked police, government buildings and infrastructure such as railway stations. Earlier in May they blew up a bus in the state of Chhattisgarh, killing 35 people.