Kanpur train tragedy: Case likely to be transferred to NIA

The move follows the NIA's request to the ministry to transfer the case.

Police officers on the spot where 14 coaches of the Indore-Patna express derailed killing around 90 people and injuring 150 in Kanpur Dehat last year. | PTI 

NEW DELHI: The Home Ministry is likely to hand over the Kanpur train derailment case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday, sources said.

The move follows the NIA's request to the ministry to transfer the case.

On Wednesday, an NIA team reached Bihar's Motihari district to investigate the alleged role of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence behind last November's Indore-Patna Express train derailment near Kanpur that claimed over 100 lives.