? !"$ -./01 SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&# '%@ %'%@ @ S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' *$+#* , &#'( ) !"#$ % 0 4 +, -+ % +5, ; 7<((4197( 88<0 01 -=,1(00>(<04 9<( (((9</4 (4 9<41: 8<00 9( ( 0 2 3.234./5/6/6 ! "$% !& R P Q R driver couldn’t have seen it. What should we order an enquiry for? Trains travel in OP speed only,” said Sinha when he was asked if an enquiry would be ordered against the driver. ! Lohani had explained that the accident site falls under the ! “mid-section of the two sta- 79( 9 " tions” where the trains run at their “assigned speed” as per he man who played the the condition of the track. Tcharacter of demon king “Trains run at their assigned Ravana at the Ram Leela at speed and people are not Joda Phatak was among those expected to go on tracks,” he killed in the train accident. said. After he enacted the role Northern Railways of Ravana, Dalbir Singh, in his spokesperson Deepak Kumar twenties, was watching the said neither the area adminis- burning of an effigy from the tration nor the organisers tracks when he, along with 58 informed it about any others, was run over by a thing else in store for him as Dusshera ceremony at the spot. train. the train ran over him, killing “Therefore granting permis- Another friend of Dalbir him on the spot,” he said. ! sion from the Railways does said that on seeing a speeding Dalbir has an eight- ! "! ! ! # %& not arise,” he added. No infor- train approaching the area, he month-old daughter. Unable to mation about the event was had rushed towards them to control her emotions, Dalbir 08( “The Commission conducts tracks and the people did not given to the Railway authori- save them. Singh’s mother said her son ! statutory investigation into hear the train coming. It is ties by the civil administration.” “Dalbir was able to push 7 was playing different charac- $ ! he Railways on Saturday railway accidents. This was an extremely sad,” Sinha told So far, all accidents, besides to 8 people away from the rail ters in the Ram Leela for the Tasserted that it was not incident where people were reporters while leaving for Railways doing its own track...But there was some- past many years. & ' responsible for the tragedy trespassing on the tracks and Amritsar. enquiry, are done by the CRS. involving Dussehra revelers not an accident.” When asked whether the in Amritsar and ruled out the The CRS enquiry is man- railways were aware of the mandatory probe by the dated for any rail accidents to celebrations taking place near Commissioner of Railway enquire into the reasons relat- the railway tracks, he said, Safety (CRS). It also refused to ed to the accidents on rail “Railways did not have infor- & take any punitive action against tracks and thereby, prepare a mation about the celebration. P Q P Q the driver of the train. dossier so that such a case is I spoke to the railway officials, Union Minister of State prevented in future. In this they did not know. It is the (MoS) for Railways Manoj case, though the accident took responsibility of the local !* +N Sinha and Railway Board place on the rail tracks, the rail- administration, which should Chairman Ashwani Lohani ways has made it clear it was be careful about such events.” both went on record main- not at fault for once. The Minister said the venue taining that the tragedy was Responding to a query, was nearly 70 metres from the Q not due to the Railways’ fault. Sinha said that as per his accident spot which was not of Sinha said there was no negli- information, no permission the Railways. gence on the part of the nation- had been sought or intimation Giving clean chit to train " K ! al transporter even as he given for the Dussehra event at driver, the Minister said drivers % advised people not to organise Amritsar. “I have been are given specific instructions 79( 9 ! such events near tracks. informed that the event was on where to slow down the K ' For his part, Lohani said, organised near the railway train. “There was a curve. The unjab Chief Minister ( PCaptain Amarinder Singh Q on Saturday set a four-week deadline for the completion of enquiry by the Jalandhar ! Divisional Commissioner into % * ! the tragic train accident in '( !"( #) "*' #) # Amritsar. ! +( , ( Within hours, the Punjab # %& % Home Department issued a ' +,-.%% (( :9(3 notification directing taken against those responsi- to the victims. %* /%% Divisional Commissioner, ble for the tragedy once the The 3-member Crisis /77 our siblings were found Jalandhar, Baldeo Purushartha, inquiry report comes. The Management Group, headed 0 Fhanging from ceiling fans in to conduct an enquiry into the probe will cover all aspects of by Health Minister Brahm * O. ! ' aking advantage of the their rented house in Surajkund Amritsar tragedy. the tragedy, he added. Mohindra, will camp in Tabsence of mainstream area near Faridabad in Haryana The enquiry has been At the same time, the Amritsar as long as they are /0 political parties — National on Saturday. authorised “to conduct a thor- Chief Minister urged all polit- needed to monitor and assist Q !N O Conference and the Peoples According to Inspector ough probe into the unfortu- ical parties to rise above petty in the relief operations, said the O !"#$% Democratic Party — from the Vishal Kumar, station house nate incident and to examine politicking to join hands to Chief Minister. poll arena, the BJP on Saturday officer (SHO) of Surajkund acts of omission and commis- mitigate the sufferings of the The Chief Minister said he *1 reaped a “bumper crop” by police station, the siblings — sion by an individual or victims and their families. was at the airport, ready to 1 ! % winning 97 wards for the first three sisters and a brother — agency, if any, and according- Asked if there were any leave for Tel Aviv, when he ( time in urban local bodies were unmarried and aged ly fix responsibility. The lapses on the part of the heard of the terrible tragedy 2 % ' election at the grass roots level between 37 and 52. “The Magisterial Enquiry has also Railways, the Chief Minister and had to rush back after & in Kashmir valley. Twenty-two deceased are identified as been asked “to suggest reme- said the probe will look into postponing his Israel visit ! &' BJP candidates won in a Meena Matthew (52), Beena dial measures to ensure that the matter, and will ascertain when asked about the delay in & ( straight contest, while 75 can- (51), Jaya (49) and their such unfortunate incident do whether approvals for holding visiting the site of tragedy. ")%* didates won unopposed in the youngest brother Pradeep not reoccur”. the function were given Capt Amarinder 34 absence of opposition. (37),” said the SHO. Talking to reporters after or not. announced that mourning will 3 3* Out of 132 wards spread “The incident came to light reviewing the situation on the However, this was not the continue in Amritsar district ! 4 across four terrorism-infested after a caretaker raised an ground and meeting the time to play political games on till Monday and the national ! 3 ' % South Kashmir districts, BJP alarm about foul smell ema- injured in three hospitals, the issue, said the Chief flag will fly at half mast and all 5 Q6 7! 5'6,% candidates emerged victorious nating from their rented flat in besides visiting the spot where Minister, calling upon all to educational institutions 4 7 in 53 wards. Dayalbagh. the tragedy had occurred, Capt join hands with the will remain closed in this P Q 7 ' Amarinder said action will be Government to provide relief period. ' ! ! Q 8 ,) !. + ! 08( alarming authorities who were planning to roll out more 9 elhi on Saturday was stringent measures to combat 08( !" ! ! Dengulfed in a thin haze as pollution. #$R %% air quality deteriorated further The air quality temporar- he CBI has booked its own ! with values of Suspended ily improved on Friday after- TSpecial Director Rakesh Q Particulate Matters (SPMs) noon after rainfall, but it wors- Asthana for accepting 2 crore & ' R 7 approaching “severe” on the ened again in the evening. An bribe to sabotage the probe National Air Quality Index official warned that the PM2.5 against controversial meat ! (NAQI) in some parts. was reaching a dangerous exporter Moin Qureshi. : 7 Incidentally, average values level. The CBI’s Anti-Corruption ( 4 * of SPMs in Dwarka and CRRU The Supreme Court Unit has arrested one Manoj * Mathura Road were 414 and appointed Environment Kumar, the middleman who in the CBI and tried to facili- * 402 micro cubic per gram Protection Control Authority gave money to settle the case on