Three killed, one hurt as train hits people on track in Bikaner

Three people were killed and one was seriously injured when a train hit them on the railway line near Ghadsisar in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on the afternoon of 8 November, police said.

According to local reports, a couple who were quarrelling had walked onto the track, and two men went after them to bring them away. A passing train struck the group at about 1.30 p.m. Dainik Bhaskar reported that the couple were among the dead.

The train was stopped at the spot, and teams from the Government Railway Police and the local police reached the scene. The injured man was taken to hospital.

Devendra Singh, the officer in charge of the J. N. Vyas Colony police station, said one of the dead had been identified as Sanjeet Mochi, from Darbhanga in Bihar. Police were still working to identify the other two and the injured man.