Woman run over by train in Punjab

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A 40-year-old woman was killed after being run over by a train on Phagwara-Nawanshahr rail section at Phagwara in Punjab.

A Government Railway Police (GRP) official said that the incident took place on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

Ratan Kaur, a resident of Pipa Rangi here, was crossing the rail track unmindful of the approaching train, he said.

The body was handed over to the family after post-mortem at a local civil hospital here, he added

In another case in Phagwara, a 17-year-old boy on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house in the Model Town area.

Dimanshu Anand, a senior secondary student, was found hanging from the fan when a family member went to his room, City Station House Officer (SHO) Bharat Masih ladhar said.

No suicide note was found, the SHO said.

The body has been sent to a hospital for a postmortem examination, he added.

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