30-yr-old pushed from train in UP for being drunk, loses leg

SHAHJAHANPUR: A 30-year-old man was left injured and lost his leg after he was allegedly pushed out of a train at Shahjahanpur railway station by his co-passengers for being drunk.

Satyendra Kumar, a salesman, told the government railway police (GRP) that he had boarded the Kisan express that travels from Dhanbad to Ferozepur Canntt at Hardoi station and was going Ludhiana to meet his family. No arrests have been made yet as GRP is yet to file an FIR in the matter.

Kumar told GRP that he was standing at the door of the general compartment when he had an argument with some fellow passengers who complained that he smelled of liquor. When train arrived at Shahjahanpur railway station, he deboarded the train to allow other passengers to deboard. When he attempted to board the moving train, two passengers allegedly pushed him and he fell. His right leg was crushed under the train.

Kumar’s family has arrived in Shahjahanpur and GRP officials will record his statement on Monday.

GRP in charge Arvind Pandey said, “Kumar was found on the rail tracks on Saturday night after he was allegedly pushed from the moving train. He was under the influence of alcohol and we are also looking at the possibility that he may have fallen from the train on his own.”

The incident comes close on the heels of another similar instance on Saturday where a woman was beaten to death in Jallianwala Bagh Express after she asked a co-passenger to stop smoking. The woman, Chinta Devi, was allegedly kicked several times and pushed by 25-year-old Sonu Yadav, who also hurled abuses at her, even as scores of passengers looked on. She died of internal injuries following which the accused was booked under IPC section 304 (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and sent to jail.

The woman was travelling from Punjab to Bihar to celebrate Chhath festival when she got into an argument with Yadav somewhere between Bareilly and Shahjahanpur stations.