Amritsar Tragedy: Driver Of Train Says He 'Got All-Clear To Move On'

Amritsar Tragedy: Driver Of Train Says He 'Got All-Clear To Move On'

The driver of a train that crushed at least 60 people to death while they were watching the burning of a Ravana effigy from a railway track was questioned by the Punjab and Railway Police on Saturday.

Sources said that the driver claimed that he was given green signal and all clear and had no idea that hundreds of people were standing on the tracks when the train crossed the area.

After meeting the families of the victims on Saturday, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh ordered an immediate release of Rs three crore to the Amritsar district collectorate for payment of compensation to the family of the deceased.