Amritsar Train Accident: Train driver claims he was given green signal by the railway authorities, ahead of the incident
The train tragedy which occurred in Amritsar yesterday, and claimed 58 lives whereas left 48 others injured, has now seen a major development in which the driver of the train has reportedly claimed that he was given a green signal by the railway authorities.
He added that he was not aware of the celebrations or any even t taking place on the tracks and neither he was alerted by the railway officials at the time he was given a green signal.
Just after the incident took place, the Punjab police and Railways had detained the driver of the DMU Jalandhar-Amritsar passenger train for ramming over 58 passengers and injuring 48 others.
On Friday night, during the celebrations of Dussehra, the speeding train mowed down scores of people in Amritsar. The matter came to light when a video of the incident became viral on the social media and thereafter, mainstream media took over the case.
The Punjab police officials commented on the incident that they have detained the driver from the Ludhiana railway station and are questioning him over the tragedy. The accident took place in Amritsar city at the Jora Phatak near Dhobi Ghat.
We are ordering a magisterial inquiry into the incident under the police commissioner who will submit a report in 4 weeks: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh #AmritsarTrainAccident pic.twitter.com/vy9DSD4Pso
— ANI (@ANI) October 20, 2018
In the investigation and questioning, it was found that the train driver was totally unaware about the presence of so many people on the railway tracks and as per reports, police have not taken any action against the driver yet in the case pertaining to the accident.
“We are ordering a magisterial inquiry into the incident under the police commissioner who will submit a report in 4 weeks,” says Punajb CM Captain Amarinder Singh.
First published: 20 October 2018, 13:27 IST