The Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) have initiated a joint inquiry into the tragic incident in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, in which 13 passengers lost their lives, as per PTI reports.

The tragedy occurred on Wednesday evening when 13 passengers of the Mumbai-bound Pushpak Express were run over by the Karnataka Express, which was travelling from Bengaluru to Delhi. The victims had alighted from the Pushpak Express after an alarm chain was pulled, and were waiting on the adjacent tracks when the fast-moving Karnataka Express struck them.