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Will Decide Action After Report On Amritsar Accident: Amarinder Singh

IANS, 25 Oct, 2018 12:47 PM
    "The probe I had ordered into the tragic incident is also underway and I am waiting for its report to ascertain where the responsibility lies and what action to take", Amarinder Singh said.
     
     
    Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has said that he will decide on action after receiving a probe into the tragic Amritsar train accident which killed 61.
     
     
    "The probe I had ordered into the tragic incident is also underway and I am waiting for its report to ascertain where the responsibility lies and what action to take. A committee of three ministers, headed by Brahm Mohindra, is supervising the relief operations and I'm in 
     
     
    He is on a five-day visit to Israel. He was criticized for his "indifference" and "insensitivity" after that. 
     
     
    Sixty-one people were killed after being hit by a train while watching the burning of aRavana effigy. At least 300 people were at the spot.
     
     
    Amritsar councillor's son who organized released a video message saying he was being unfairly targeted for the tragedy. "It's an extremely tragic incident, I am deeply pained by it. I arranged the Dussehra celebration to bring everyone together. I had taken all the permissions... spared no effort. Had spoken to police, (municipal) corporation, fire brigade," he said in a video in Punjabi.

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