Amritsar: Families of train tragedy victims to stage protest

After one year since tragic train accident happened in holy city of Amritsar in Punjab, families of those who lost ir lives during Dusshera in October last year, are still yearning for due justice and are all set to take out a protest march on railway tracks in city today.

'A year without justice'

Meanwhile, Amritsar DCP Jagmohan Singh, while talking about protest that family members are planning to organize on Tuesday, said that police have informed Railways Authority and that police forces have been deployed on tracks. He also said that if protesters try and go towards tracks, duty officers won’t let that happen.  

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Amritsar train accident

incident that took place on Dussehra last year, turned into a trdy that shook nation to core. Nearly 60 people were killed and several injured after two trains mowed down around 150 people who stood on railway tracks watching effigy of burning Ravana near Amritsar. 

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It was estimated that around 300 spectators were present at Dhobi Ghat ground, which is almost a couple of kilometres away from Amritsar railway station that day. trdy hit when train . 74643 Jalandhar-Amritsar DMU ran over those, who chose to come on tracks to get a better view of fireworks. 

However, trdy did t end at that. Before survivors could grasp a sense of what h happened, a second train- Amritsar-Howrah Express came speeding on to railway tracks and onto people who h jumped to second track in order to escape train. 

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(With ANI Inputs)