ARMY MAN, WHO WAS PUSHED FROM TRAIN, DIES

BAREILLY: Army man Sonu Singh, who lost one of his legs after being thrown out of a moving train allegedly by a TTE, died in hospital during treatment. He was 31, a government railway police (GRP) official said on Thursday.

Sonu Singh, a resident of Ballia, died on Wednesday evening following which an additional charge of culpable homicide was made on traveller ticket examiner (TTE) Supan Bore, he said. The army man’s body was handed over to his family after a post- mortem on Thursday, in- charge inspector, GRP Bareilly, Ajit Pratap Singh, said.

A case against Bore was registered based on a complaint by subedar Harendra Kumar Singh.

Sonu Singh was allegedly pushed from the DibrugarhNew Delhi Rajdhani Express on Platform Number 2 of Bareilly Junction railway station on November 17. Bore remains absconding. Four teams have been dispatched to arrest Bore, he said, adding Sonu Singh’s statement could not be recorded as he remained unconscious after the incident.

The Railway officials had earlier said Bore pushed Sonu Singh in a fit of anger after an argument broke out between them over ticket. PTI