Amritsar Train accident: Dussehra revellers gathered at Jauhra fatak near Dhobi ghat grounds | Photo Credit: PTI

Amritsar: The ‘missing’ organiser of the Dussehra event where 60 people were mowed by a speeding train in Amritsar, in a teary video message said all permissions were procured. The event was conducted within a ground and not on tracks. The ground was bound by 10 feet high walls and that is where the crowd was supposed to be and not the tracks. There were no chairs on the tracks, as suggested by some.

To see the event, some people gathered on the tracks and were taken unawares by the approaching train and the horrific incident happened due to "nature's calamity", said Saurabh Madan Mithu who organised the Ramleela event. He alleged emotions are been roused by a few miscreants who have a personal vendetta against him

Amritsar witnessed violent protests and stone pelting on Sunday as kin of victims demanded action against guilty.

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s aide Saurabh Madan Mithu, who organized the Dusshera celebrations in Joda Pathak and has been in hiding, releases a video saying ‘Had permission for the event’ #AmritsarApathy pic.twitter.com/aVEYIg3TSJ — TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) October 22, 2018

Amritsar saw violent protests and stone pelting on Sunday as kin of victims demanded action against guilty. The Police have filed an FIR, however, no specific person or entity was named. The Opposition has tried to pin the blame on former MLA Navjot Kaur (wife of Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu) -- who was the chief guest at the event.

To make matters worse, a video surfaced in which the organiser is heard boasting to Navjot that, "the crowd has gathered for her, 5000 trains can pass through these tracks but that doesn't matter to these people". Sidhus later clarified, saying, the crowd was repeatedly told to get off the tracks and gather in Dobhi Ghat grounds.

The event organisers got a no-objection certificate from the police but did not bother to apprise the municipal authorities - leading many to blame them. Angered by the incident, some protestors attacked the house of the organisers. After the attack, local councillor Vijay Madan and her son, Sourabh Madan Mithu, who organised the Ramleela event have gone missing. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered a magisterial enquiry on Saturday and demanded to see a report within four weeks. The police registered an FIR which hasn't named anyone in particular.