A hair-raising incident took place at Veerangana Lakshmibai Jhansi railway station of Uttar Pradesh. Here suddenly a person jumped on the engine of Goa Express which reached Jhansi from Hazrat Nizamuddin. The person climbed onto the tinshed of the platform and jumped onto the engine.
As soon as he fell on the engine, the person got hit by the OHE line (overhead line) and he burnt to death. Seeing this, there was a commotion on the platform. As soon as the information was received, RPF and Railway Police immediately reached the platform. After this the OHE line was closed and the body was lowered. After this, after filling the Panchnama, the body has been sent for post-mortem. It was not clear why and how the deceased jumped on the train engine. At present, questions have also been raised on the security arrangements.
Train 12780 Goa Express, running from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Goa, will reach Veerangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Railway Station platform no. Reached at 1. The train had just stopped on the platform when the sound of a young man falling on the engine of the train was heard. Before anyone could understand anything, the young man started burning alive after being hit by the OHE line. Seeing this there was a commotion there.
As soon as the information was received, RPF and Railway Police reached the platform. The OHE line was immediately closed. After this, with the help of a ladder, the young man somehow extinguished the fire by walking over the engine of the train and the body was brought down.
It was not clear who the young man was and where he came from. It is being told that the deceased had somehow climbed onto the tin shed of the platform. After this he jumped on the engine of the train when it arrived. Due to this he was burnt alive to death. The Railway Police has sent the body to the mortuary while trying to identify it. Due to the incident, the train was sent to its destination after about 45 minutes at 23.49.