At least 50 dead as train runs over Dussehra revellers in Punjab

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Press Trust of India Amritsar (Pb)
Last Updated : Oct 19 2018 | 8:30 PM IST

At least 50 people were killed Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train near here, officials said.

The train was coming from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred at Joda Phatak.

At least 300 people were at the spot watching 'Ravana dahan' at a ground near the tracks.

Sub Divisional Magistrate Amritsar I Rajesh Sharma said

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First Published: Oct 19 2018 | 8:30 PM IST

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