Amritsar tragedy: 51 witnesses record statements

Amritsar | Friday | 26th October, 2018

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“It is not that people had gathered on the rail track for the first time,” he said.Deepak Sharma, another witness of the tragedy, alleged, “Driver must have seen a gathering on the rail track. He also visited the cabin of railway’s gateman at the railway crossing and monitored the speed of the passing trains. However, all witnesses TOI spoke to claimed that they had come on their own and were not under any pressure. He was accompanied by deputy commissioner Kamaldeep Singh Sangha, additional deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal and deputy commissioner police Amrik Singh Powar. Purushartha also visited the site of accident near Joda Phatak to take first hand account of the incident..