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train tragedy

The tragedy eclipsed
‘karwa chauth’ for
several women

claiming that these belonged to his brother who had were charged by Carewell, a local private hospital
gone missing from the Dussehra venue. and a diagnostic facility in spite of the government
Rumours were also afloat that mobile phones of announcement of free treatment. After immediate
the victims were stolen. A day after the incident, the inquiry by the concerned SDM, the hospital returned
residents of the affected area even pelted the police 14,875 to the affected family. The hospital authori-
with stones alleging many missing people from their ties maintained that the money was charged as the
area had probably died but the administration was patient came to them immediately after the incident
hiding the fact. The Deputy Commissioner said they and that they were unaware of the government
had received such claims but their scrutiny showed announcement.
that most of these were far from reality. Probably, Unperturbed by the political mudslinging, the
some people were resorting to such tactics to get administration and the community are, meanwhile,
undue benefits,” he said asserting that every claim going about doing their job in the best possible
was being thoroughly looked into. manner. It may not be surprising that political class
The sensitivity with which the official machin- continues the mutual bashing even on the probe
ery operated can be gauged from the fact that the findings oblivious, to the fact that the worst tragedy
Deputy Commissioner personally intervened in has wiped out even entire families.
a complaint received by him over phone that the
kin of one injured person Karmanjit Singh (26) letters@tehelka.com

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