HOWRAH: A 19-year-old Bangabasi College student died after he was pushed out of the Malda Intercity Express on Friday evening after getting inadvertently caught in a fight between two hawkers. He was on his way home in Birbhum.
Subhrojyti Pal fell from the running train between Bally and Uttarpara stations around 4pm on Friday. The two hawkers — Chandan Kundu and Makhan Roy — were arrested by railway police from Bandel station. They were sent to 14 days judicial custody.
According to railway police, Pal — a first-year science student and a resident of Ujjirpur village under Nalhati police station in Birbhum — was returning home from his hostel for the long Dol-Holi weekend.
According to witnesses, the hawkers’ quarrel began when the train crossed Belur station. They argued over the right to peddle wares in the compartment first. In no time, the altercation turned into a brawl. “The duo initially began fighting near the vestibule and gradually moved towards the door. In the melee, Roy suddenly pushed Kundu who fell on Pal. The 19-year-old was standing by the door. The force with which Kundu fell on him propelled Pal out of the compartment. He was rushed to Uttarpara state general hospital where he was declared ‘brought dead’.
Pal’s family said he had scored 85% in the higher secondary examination and was preparing for medical joint entrance examination. “We have arrested the hawker duo and registered a case of ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ against them. Once the family comes to us, we shall ask them to lodge a formal complaint,” Howrah SRP K Kannan said.
Subhrojyti Pal fell from the running train between Bally and Uttarpara stations around 4pm on Friday. The two hawkers — Chandan Kundu and Makhan Roy — were arrested by railway police from Bandel station. They were sent to 14 days judicial custody.
According to railway police, Pal — a first-year science student and a resident of Ujjirpur village under Nalhati police station in Birbhum — was returning home from his hostel for the long Dol-Holi weekend.
According to witnesses, the hawkers’ quarrel began when the train crossed Belur station. They argued over the right to peddle wares in the compartment first. In no time, the altercation turned into a brawl. “The duo initially began fighting near the vestibule and gradually moved towards the door. In the melee, Roy suddenly pushed Kundu who fell on Pal. The 19-year-old was standing by the door. The force with which Kundu fell on him propelled Pal out of the compartment. He was rushed to Uttarpara state general hospital where he was declared ‘brought dead’.
Pal’s family said he had scored 85% in the higher secondary examination and was preparing for medical joint entrance examination. “We have arrested the hawker duo and registered a case of ‘culpable homicide not amounting to murder’ against them. Once the family comes to us, we shall ask them to lodge a formal complaint,” Howrah SRP K Kannan said.
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