At least 50 people are feared dead in Jora Phatak area of Amritsar where a train allegedlly ran over people burning the effigy on account of Dussehra.
As per various media reports, hundreds of people had gathered around the area for effigy burning, when a train ran over them, trampling many of them including women and children to death. Around 300 people were at the spot watching ‘Ravan Dahan’, sources said.
The officials said that a throng of people Dussehra revellers that had thronged onto the railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.
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