Mother, daughter end lives by jumping in front of train in Punjab’s Jalandhar

The officials of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said that the woman’s body was cut into pieces and the girl got her head severely injured after collapsing with the train.

punjab Updated: Aug 18, 2019 09:44 IST

HT Correspondent

Hindustan Times, Jalandhar

A mother-daughter duo committed suicide after jumping in front of speeding Amritsar-Haridwar intercity train.(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO(Representational image))

A mother-daughter duo committed suicide on Saturday after jumping in front of speeding Amritsar-Haridwar intercity train near Sodal railway crossing.

The officials of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said that the woman’s body was cut into pieces and the girl got her head severely injured after collapsing with the train. While the mother died on the spot, the girl succumbed to her injuries on her way to hospital.

The deceased were indentified as Rajbala (44) and Harshita Kumari (13). A pone number recovered from the purse of Rajbala helped the police trace her whereabouts. GRP station house officer (SHO) Dharminder Kalayan said the deceased were natives of Kangra in Himanchal Pradesh and were residing here at Santoshi Nagar.

First Published: Aug 18, 2019 01:23 IST