Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday offered condolences to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the deaths of 61 people in the tragic Amritsar train accident during the Dusshera celebrations.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident and said his government will extend all the possible help to victims, adding that relief operations were in full swing.
The Punjab police on Sunday cleared a section of the railway track in Amritsar which was blocked by agitators seeking action against the organisers of the Dussehra committee following Friday’s train accident that left 59 dead and 57 injured.
Dalbir Singh, the man who played the character of demon king Ravana at the Ramleela in Amritsar, was among the 59 people who died in the tragic train accident on the auspicious evening of Dusshera that turned into woebegone.
A 70-year-old man was allegedly stoned to death by some monkeys in a village Baghpat, putting the police in a fix as the deceased’s family wants an FIR to be registered against them. The incident took place on October 17 in Tikri village of the district.