A Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawan was critically injured after four unidentified miscreants pushed him out of a moving train near the Kesinga railway station in Kalahandi district late on Tuesday night. The victim was identified as Bhubaneswar Thakur, hailing from Koksara in Kalahandi district.
According to reports, Thakur started his duty in the Bokaro-Alleppey Express from Jharsuguda. After a mobile phone of a passenger went missing, Thakur questioned four persons in suspicion. The suspects had a heated exchange of words with Thakur, following which they pushed him off the train. The jawan sustained grievous injuries on his head, nose and legs.
The jawan was rescued in a critical condition near the Kesinga railway station at around 2.45 amand admitted to local hospital. He was later shifted to the Bhawanipatna hospital as his condition deteriorated.