Metcalf, Barbara D. (2012). A Concise History of India(PDF). Cambridge University Press. pp. 299–300. ISBN978-1107026490. Archived(PDF) from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.: "The cause of the initial fire has not been determined, but it was almost certainly not deliberately set by Muslims on the station platform, as Hindus frequently alleged."
Metcalf, Barbara D. (2012). A Concise History of India(PDF). Cambridge University Press. pp. 299–300. ISBN978-1107026490. Archived(PDF) from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.: "The cause of the initial fire has not been determined, but it was almost certainly not deliberately set by Muslims on the station platform, as Hindus frequently alleged."