Revellers watching burning of Ravana effigy spill on to the rail track
At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured on Friday evening at Joda Phatak in Amritsar, when a train mowed down a crowd of Dasara revellers that had spilled on to the railway track while watching the burning of a Ravana effigy.
The police said Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 74943 was coming from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred. Over 500 people were watching `Ravana dahan' at a ground near the track. As the effigy was set on fire amid bursting of firecrackers, people reportedly could not hear the sound of the oncoming train. Amritsar police commissioner S.S. Srivastava said the death toll could mount. "We are still evacuating the injured from the train track;' he said.
Stampede at site
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