A passenger of the Kushinagar Express sustained severe injury after he was pushed off the running train by a train ticket examiner (TTE), when the victim failed to produce the train ticket.
The incident took place when Basant Naik, a resident of lakhnadiya village of Burhanpur district, was not able to produce a valid ticket when the TTE asked him near Bina on Thursday. Officials said there was an altercation between the two over the issued and the TTE had allegedly pushed him off of the running train. Doctors confirmed that the victim had sustained severe injuries in head and multiple fractures in legs and hands.
The victim was found in an unconscious state near Kurwai railway station by locals. The railway officials were informed regarding the victim. The GRP Bina have confirmed that the victim was supposed to alight off at Khandwa but reached Jhansi as he was asleep and later he boarded Kushinagar Express to return back to Khandwa but failed to buy a ticket due to lesser time. Basant was brought to Bina later and was admitted at the civil hospital Bina and was later referred to Sagar. The police have registered a case under Section 337 against the unidentified train ticket examiner. Although the TTE has not been identified but the GRP Bina had confirmed that TTE is from Jhani and same has been conveyed to the officials of the division.