Freak Delhi-Kanpur Seemanchal Express incident

A 34-year-old train passenger was killed when an iron rod pierced through his neck after protruding the glass window of a coach of the Delhi-Kanpur Seemanchal Express near Somna village in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh at around 8.40am on Friday.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) have registered a case under IPC 304-A (causing death by negligence) and started investigations to find out what exactly happened.

Railways spokesperson HS Upadhyay said, “The rod had come from outside into the general coach. Because of a serious injury from the rod, Sultanpur resident Hrishikesh Dubey died. This incident is being probed by the RPF and Government Railway Police.”