#AmritsarTrainTragedy: Residents stage protest, demand action against train driver
Scores of people on Saturday staged a sit-in on the railway tracks near Amritsar where 61 people were mowed down by a train during a Dussehra event. Protesters raised slogans against the state government and demanded action against the train driver. One of the protesters alleged the train passed the area at a high speed and the driver did not slow down the train.
At least 300 people were watching 'Ravana Dahan' at site
At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured on Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revelers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching the burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Amritsar in Punjab, officials said. Thousands of people have gathered at the accident site since morning. Police have made elaborate arrangements to manage the crowd.
