At least 13 persons were killed and 15 injured after some passengers of the Mumbai-bound Pushpak Express, who got off the train after an alarm chain-pulling incident, were run over by the Karnataka Express on the adjacent tracks in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district on Wednesday evening.

The Railway Ministry has announced ex gratia payments of Rs 1.5 lakh for the deceased, Rs 50,000 for those seriously injured, and Rs 5,000 for minor injuries. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has pledged Rs 5 lakh for each victim’s family and full medical expense coverage for the injured.

At least 12 passengers died on Wednesday evening in North Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district when they tried to jump down from the Pushpak Express. The people on board panicked due to a rumour about a fire in the train and jumped down,