Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy.
Scores of people Saturday staged a sit-in on the railway tracks where 61 people were mowed down by a train during a Dussehra event.
The artist who played the role of Ravan at the tragedy-stricken Ramleela also passed away after a train plowed into a crowd that had spilled over to a railway track to watch Dussehra fireworks.
Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani on Saturday said it would be wrong to say that the Railways is responsible for the tragic incident, adding that people need to be more alert.
Punjab Police commandos and Rapid Action Force personnel have been deployed at the site of a train accident, which claimed 61 lives, to manage a huge crowd on Saturday.
Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday urged all political parties to avoid indulging in mudslinging.
Nearly 100 people have been affected by the tragedy, where a crowd of Dussehra revellers spilled onto the railway track was run over by a train here, claimed Emergency Medical Officer at Civil Hospital.
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