Bihar bus accident: How the official death toll came down from 27 to zero

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mourned the tragedy of Bihar's Motihari bus accident and expressed condolences to the victims.

The Bihar bus tragedy that was reported and confirmed by the state government to have claimed more than two dozen lives has turned out to be a major goof-up on the part of the authorities. A day after confirming 27 deaths in the accident, the Bihar Disaster Management Minister Dinesh Chandra Yadav backtracked on Friday, saying there were no deaths in the accident.

"Yes, I said 27 people have died. It was based on info from local sources, but I also said that only final report will be considered," Yadav told ANI.

The mix-up over the death toll arose from