Rafiganj (Bihar): After four days of marathon exhausting exercise, the rescue operation in the mangled bogies of the ill-fated 2301 UP Rajdhani Express was finally called off on September 13 with Railway authorities putting the death toll at 119.

Mughalsarai divisional railway manager K K Saxena said, "the operation is finally over. We have searched all the bogies including the worst affected AS2 coach where many passengers died of suffocation. We believe that no body is still trapped inside".

Sniffer dogs were also used to smell out bodies. A report would soon be submitted that no body was inside the affected 14 coaches.

Saxena said while 106 bodies were extricated from the coaches, 12 others died en route to hospitals or after their admission in Gaya, Aurangabad, Sasaram and Mughalsarai. Another person died aboard a special train on way to Howrah.

A final list of those killed and injured would be released only after physical verification of the passengers, he said adding this might take at least a couple of days.

Traffic between Gaya and Moghulsarai division was restored on the down line after trial run of four goods trains beginning from 03:00 hours (IST). The first passenger train left Moghulsarai for Gaya on September 13.

Saxena said, work was on in full swing to repair the tracks and a portion of the bridge badly damaged due to the accident. Senior officials were still camping at the site. It might take nearly a month to get normal traffic on the UP line, he said.

PTI