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Magisterial probe ordered in Amritsar train tragedy
Updated On: 21 October, 2018 08:10 AM IST | Amritsar | Agencies
Punjab CM says inquiry will be conducted within four weeks after 59 Dussehra revellers were crushed by a speeding train on Friday night

Relatives of victims mourn at Civil Hospital in Amritsar
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said on Saturday the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner will conduct an inquiry within four weeks into the Amritsar train tragedy in which 59 people were crushed by a train.
The CM also said that 57 other Dussehra revellers were injured as the Jalandhar-Amritsar Diesel Multiple Unit passenger train mowed them down at Jora Phatak. Amarinder Singh, who reached the accident site on Saturday from Delhi, said, "An inquiry will find out who is at fault and who is not. Let them come up with the report."
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