"Saddened at the news of train accident. Thoughts and prayers with those families who lost their loved ones," Banerjee, a former Railway Minister, said in a message.
"May the injured recover well," she said in the message.
At least 96 persons have died and 76 others injured in a derailment and pile up of coaches of Indore-Patna Express near Pukhraya in Kanpur dehat district in the wee hours today.
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