TRAIN CRUSHES 3 KIDS TO DEATH NEAR KIRATPUR

: Three children were crushed to death by a passenger train near Kiratpur Sahib here on Sunday, police said. The state government has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

The incident took place when four children of migrant labourers were playing near the railway track close to a bridge over Sutlej river, they said. The fourth child was injured in the incident and was admitted to a hospital, said police. The boys were in the age group of 7 to 11 years, police added. Punjab school education minister Harjot Singh Bains expressed grief and said an inquiry has been ordered into the incident.