Army man pushed under train dies
Bareilly (UP) (PTI): 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 in Uttar Pradesh, 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 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 Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express on Platform Number 2 of Bareilly Junction railway station on November 17. Bore remains absconding.
According to subedar Harendra Singh's complaint, Sonu Singh was posted with the Rajput battalion in Jaipur. He was going to Delhi and had got down from the train at the Bareilly station to fetch a water bottle at around 9.15 am.
As soon as the train started to move five minutes later, he tried to board the coach. However, Bore allegedly pushed him out because of which he lost balance and fell under the train.
One of his legs was severed and the other was badly crushed, subedar Singh said in his complaint.
Doctors performed three surgeries on Sonu Singh at the military hospital, but on Monday, his severely damaged leg also had to be amputated.
During this, he remained unconscious and died on Wednesday evening, inspector Ajit Pratap Singh said.
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.
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Man returns home in Bihar after 17 years of his 'murder'
Rohtas (PTI): A man, who was allegedly murdered by his relatives 17 years ago, returned home in Bihar's Rohtas district on Wednesday, triggering a storm in his village.
Police said four of his relatives were arrested in the murder case registered at the Akodhigola police station in 2008, and they were in jail for two years before being released on bail.
"A missing person's complaint was filed on September 12, 2008, after Nathuni Pal of Dewaria village could not be found by his family. It was later converted into a murder case after the family alleged that four relatives took away his land and then killed him. Pal's body could not be recovered at that time," said SHO Chandrashekhar Sharma.
The four relatives -- Rati Pal, Vimlesh Pal, Bhagwan Pal and Satyendra Pal -- were arrested and they were in judicial custody for two years before being released on bail, he said.
The trial in the case is still underway, he added.
Nathuni, who actually left home in 2008 and lived the life of a vagabond all these years, was held in UP's Jhansi after locals informed the police about a "suspicious person" in their village. During the investigation, the Jhansi Police found him in Bihar Police's records, officials said.
After due verification, he was brought back to his native village, they said.
Bhagwan Pal, one of the accused in the murder case, said, "Who will return us the precious years of our life which we spent in jail and visiting the court?"
