Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Army jawan loses leg after TTE pushes him off moving Rajdhani Express in Bareilly

- HT Correspond­ent

THE MAN WAS ALLEGEDLY PUSHED BY TTE SUPAN BORO WHEN THE TRAIN STARTED MOVING FROM BAREILLY JUNCTION,

LUCKNOW : An army man lost his leg and was in a critical condition after a travelling ticket examiner ( TTE) allegedly pushed him from a moving train at Bareilly Junction railway station on Thursday, after a spat over some issue, officials said on Friday. The TTE was not arrested till last reports came in. Furious over the incident, some co-passengers beat up another

TTE. The victim was identified as army rifleman Sonu Kumar Singh, 30, a resident of Ballia district who was travelling on Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express.

The man was allegedly pushed by TTE Supan Boro when the train started moving from Bareilly junction, following which the former came under the wheels and his one leg was amputated while the other was badly crushed, stated Devi Dayal, DySP, GRP (Moradabad).

Singh’s life was saved as one of his colleagues stopped the train by pulling the chain. He was undergoing treatment at a military hospital.

Sensing trouble, the TTE jumped from the other side of the train and disappeare­d from the spot. An FIR under charges of IPC Section 307 for murder was lodged against him at Bareilly GRP police station on the complaint of army subedar Harinder Kumar Singh, said the DySP. He said the police were trying to record the statement of the victim, but he was not in a position to speak.

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