Punjab Train Mishap: Heavy police deployment at train accident site

DN Bureau

Punjab Police commandos and Rapid Action Force personnel have been deployed at the site of a train accident, which claimed 61 lives, to manage a huge crowd on Saturday.

Incident spot
Incident spot


Amritsar: Punjab Police commandos and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have been deployed at the site of a train accident, which claimed 61 lives, to manage a huge crowd on Saturday.

A heavy police deployment has been made to keep the situation in order. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will visit the site later in the day.

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The accident took place near Amritsar, when a train ran through the crowd that had assembled across the tracks to watch the Dussehra event.

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At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.

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The train was coming from Jalandhar when the accident occurred at Joda Phatak near Amritsar, where at least 300 people were watching 'Ravana dahan' at a ground adjacent to the tracks.

On Saturday, Singh ordered an inquiry into the tragic Amritsar train accident. (PTI)










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