NO ACTION AGAINST ORGANISER SAURABH MADAN ‘MITHU’ YET

AMRITSAR:THE Amritsar police and the Government Railway Police (GRP) have not initiated any action against Saurabh Madan ‘Mithu’, the organiser of Friday’s Dussehra function at Dhobi Ghat in Amritsar, two days after the train mishap that claimed the lives of scores of people and injured more than a hundred.

Angry family members of the victims are blaming Saurabh, son of local Congress councillor Vijay Madan, for the tragedy. On Sunday, CCTV footage of Madan fleeing from his house in an

SUV surfaced on social media. His house is locked

CCTV FOOTAGE OF CONG COUNCILLOR’S SON FLEEING FROM HIS HOUSE SURFACES ON SOCIAL MEDIA

ever since the accident took place. Angry people even pelted the Madans’ house with stones. Police have not questioned Saurabh, who has now gone underground, yet. “The accident took place on the track which is under the jurisdiction of GRP. We can’t do anything,” said police commissioner SS Srivastava.

and another for security. The chief guest of the function was Navjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of state cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu.

10-MONTH-OLD FOUND NEAR ACCIDENT SITE

A 10-month-old boy was found near the accident site. The people who were standing nearby picked the baby with his forehead injured . Nobody turned up to claim him. Some eyewitnesses said his father may have thrown him away from the track when the train approached.

He was taken to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital. Punjab health minister Brahm Mohindra said they are contacting the non-government organisations for adoption of the baby in case no one turns up to claim him. At present, the baby is with the family who found him and resides near the accident site.