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Amritsar train accident and the aftermath: Here's all you need to know

It took just about 10-15 seconds for the train to pass, and leave behind a heap of crushed and dismembered bodies

Amritsar Train Accident
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Amritsar Train Accident

BS Web TeamAgencies
It was just another Dussehra celebration, with revellers cheering as Ravana's effigy was set aflame. Some even captured the episode on their mobile cameras. None could have imagined the tragedy that was about to unfold.

At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured on Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilt onto the railway tracks while watching the burning of Ravana effigy was run over by a train, officials said.

The train was coming from Jalandhar when the accident occurred at Joda Phatak near Amritsar, where at least 500-600 people were watching 'Ravana dahan' at