Amritsar Train Accident: Dussehra Event Organiser Saurabh Madan Mithu Releases Video, Claims 'Asked People 10 Times Not To Stand On Railway Tracks'

Amritsar, October 22: In the latest development related to Amritsar train accident, Saurabh Madan Mithu, son of local Congress councillor Vijay Madan, who organised Dussehra event in Dhobi Ghat ground near Joda Phatak on Friday has released a video in which he claimed that the permission was taken for holding the event. Mithu also claimed that announcements were made at least 10 times requesting people not to stand on the railway tracks.

Mithu, who is a close aide of Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said that some miscreants due to personal rivalry were blaming him for the train accident which claimed at least 61 lives. In the video, Mithu also said that he was pained by the incident and claimed innocence. Meanwhile, shortly after DMU train coming from Pathankot mowed to death at least 61 Dussehra revellers in Amritsar, the organiser of the ill-fated event fled from his residence. Amritsar Dussehra Event Host Told Navjot Kaur Sidhu '5,000 Standing on Tracks For You', Failed to Alert Railways

Video release by Saurabh Madan Mithu:

The CCTV footage in his neighbourhood captured the visuals showing him fleeing from his house in a white SUV. The video of Mithu surfaced, after the police launched a manhunt operation to nab Mithu and his father. Both were summoned for questioning on Saturday. However, the summons remained unanswered.  Mithu's mother, a local Congress Councillor, is also missing after the fatal accident. Angry youths of Dhobi Ghat pelted stones at Mithu's residence.

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