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Amritsar, September 28

Victims and next of kin of the deceased of the train tragedy at Joda Fatak that had snuffed out around 60 lives on Dasehra held a sit-in outside the residence of former minister Navjot Sidhu.

They were seeking Sidhu’s support to press the government for giving them jobs. Monika said her husband Jagdish Lal, a labourer, was run over by the train. He was the only breadwinner of the family.

Lovely, a middle-aged woman, whose 18-year-old son Tarun was killed in the accident, was in tears. She said Sidhu had assuaged their feelings with his soothing words and promises. Now, nobody listens to them/

Vijay Kumar, whose son Ramesh Kumar was killed, said he remarried his daughter-in-law and handed over the compensation amount to her. However, the aged parents and their daughter, a widow, are in dire straits and are even incapable to pay house rent.

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