New Delhi: A 22-year-old security guard was killed after he was run over by a train at Shahdara railway station in Delhi on Friday afternoon while chasing a snatcher who had stolen his mobile phone on the platform, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Rohit Kumar, a resident of Baroth village in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district. Kumar worked as a security guard at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital and had come to Shahdara station to board a train back home after his shift.
The incident was reported at the Old Delhi Railway Station (ODRS) police station around 4.55 pm after the Railway Protection Force (RPF) control room relayed that a person had been run over by a train at Platform 3 of Shahdara railway station, they said.
A police team reached the spot and crime and forensic science laboratory (FSL) units were called to inspect the scene, an officer said. The deceased was identified as Rohit Kumar (22), a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district.
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According to police, Kumar was standing on Platform 3 when an unidentified person snatched his mobile phone and fled. Kumar immediately gave chase, running after the snatcher across the platform. In the heat of the moment, he stepped onto the tracks and was run over by the 15035 Uttaranchal Sampark Kranti Express, a daily train operating on the Old Delhi-Kathgodam route.
The body was shifted to Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital in Delhi for preparation of the medico-legal case (MLC) and preservation, the officer said.
Police said CCTV footage from the railway station is being examined to identify the alleged snatcher, and efforts are on to arrest the suspect. A case of snatching has been registered in this connection and further proceedings are underway, they added.
(With Inputs from PTI)
