Amarinder visits injured and kins, orders magisterial inquiry into train incident

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident and said a report will be submitted in four weeks.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident and said a report will be submitted in four weeks.

Singh reached the hospital and met the injured and kin of those killed in the tragic accident here.

At least 61 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilt onto railway tracks while watching the burning of a Ravana effigy was run over by a train near Joda Phatak here.