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Woman killed for objecting to smoking

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A pregnant woman was allegedly strangled to death on a train for objecting to a co-passenger smoking, a senior GRP official said.

On Friday night, Chinat Devi (45) was travelling with her family on the Punjab-Bihar Jallianwala Express when she objected to a co-passenger, identified as Sonu Yadav, smoking, the GRP said.

After a heated argument, Yadav attacked the woman and strangled her, it said.