A 14-year-old boy Chand Mohammed lost his left leg after he met a train mishap near the railway level-crossing in Jugsalai on Sunday morning.
Victimn was a resident of Gauri Shankar Road in Jugsalai, Chand was returning home by crossing a railway track, he suddenly slipped and his left leg got trapped in the railway track. Incidentally, a speeding train which was passing the track at that time ran over his foot.
Nearby people rescued him and rushed him to the MGM Medical College and Hospital emergency for treatment. Assistant sub-inspector RK Ojha of Sakchi police who was deputed at the MGM Medical College Hospital camp police station took a statement from the victim. "We are investigating the incident however as per the victim’s statement that there was no fault of the train driver, as due to his negligence the mishap took place. No one else is responsible for the mishap," said Ojha, quoting the mishap victim.
The victim's mother Perveen Begum said that she is in state of shock as her son would help her husband to eke out a living from the rag-picking, but from now onward Chand will have to depend on only one leg, and that the financial condition of the family also is bound to be affected after Chand lost his leg. Officer-in-charge, GRP, Tatanagar, Ramchandra Ram confirmed that that a mishap has taken place on the railway track near the Jugsalai level crossing this morning.