New Delhi: A day after two deadly blasts on Samjhauta Express and the resultant fire left a trail of death and destruction, Pakistan on Tuesday claimed the Indian officials have not yet provided correct details to them on the incident and the number of Pakistan casualties.
A Pakistani minister also claimed that people died or were critically injured in the tragedy because they were in a "locked-up cage".
Pakistani Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed also said that India should conduct a thorough probe into the blasts and allow Pakistani investigating agencies to take part in the probe.
Accusing Indian railway officials of non-cooperation in providing details of the dead and injured Pakistanis in the blasts, Ahmed claimed Indian officials have not yet provided correct details.
There are reports of 67 deaths in the train, but the Indian rail officials have conveyed the name of only one dead passenger named Shafique, he told Pakistan's National Assembly.
Indian officials have informed that 13 Pakistanis were injured and have been admitted to a Delhi hospital, but their condition is such that they cannot be allowed to travel for another 56 hours, Ahmed said.
The minister said immediately after the incident, he contacted the Indian railway officials and rushed to Wagah border, but after initial contact, they could not be reached.
"They had put down the phone receivers and I immediately contacted the President and the Prime Minister and informed them of the situation," Ahmed said.
He said a C-130 transport plane and a special train was ready to bring the bodies back to Pakistan, which the Indian officials say were charred beyond recognition.
He also accused the Indian authorities of stopping the train at Atari for six hours for 'no apparent reason'. Locking the train doors, despite clearance by security officials was the cause of large number of deaths, he said, adding that Indians admit to a 'serious lapse, which caused the most unfortunate disaster'.
In New Delhi, Indian Railways denied the allegation that the doors of the two compartments ripped apart by blasts that killed at least 68 people were locked from outside.
Northern Railway's chief PRO Rajiv Saxena said the passengers on the Old Delhi-Attari train that links up with the Samjhauta Express to Lahore travelled like any other train.
"It is absolutely wrong and incorrect to say that the two bogies were locked from outside," Saxena said.
He added that Indians and Pakistanis travelling from Delhi to Lahore by train are subjected to customs and immigration formalities only at Atari station.
Pakistan Minister Sher Afgan Niazi also accused the Indian government of not providing information about the accident.
"The situation is not clear because the Indian government is not cooperating with us. It is a very serious matter, concerning the entire nation," Niazi, who hold the Parliamentary Affairs portfolio, told the National Assembly.
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