Malwa Express incident: Parents seek capital punishment

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The father of a 29-year old woman, who was thrown out of a speeding Malwa Express on Wednesday, has demanded capital punishment for the culprits.

Meanwhile, the condition of the victim was still critical and she would be kept under observation at the Intensive Care Unit, said Dr Nitin Garg of Bansal Hospital who is observing the patient.

Victim’s mother Mithya has alleged that railways and doctors did not discharge their duties earnestly, which worsened the situation.

She claimed that her daughter was not given any medical assistance for about 18 hours which had worsened her condition.

Shirking their responsibility doctors of Bina and Sagar referred her to Bhopal and at Hamidia hospital and here too the attitude of the junior doctors was

irresponsible in which she lost the crucial time which affected her badly.

The victim Ritu Tripathi is struggling for life at Bansal hospital of the city. The incident took place in the wee hours on Wednesday near Karouda railway station.

The victim’s family has refused to accept the relief of Rs10,000 from railways.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has instructed the police to intensify the search and assured the victim family that the accused would be nabbed at the earliest. 

On the instructions of Home Minister Babulal Gaur, four teams of police have been formed and one of the teams has reached Jhansi, while the remaining three teams reached lalitpur, Bina and Karounda respectively. Superintendent of Police (Railway) Awdesh Goswami has reached lalitpur who is investigating the case.

The condition of the victim Ritu Tripathi remained unchanged after three days of the incident. Till the

filing of the report police were not able to trace details of the miscreants. 

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