`Boxer’ for Akshay Kumar on-going shooting for `Toilet-Ek Prem Katha’ died in a mishap in Mathura on Tuesday morning. His identity was maintained with the help of his mobile call detail records. A case has been registered in this regard and body was sent for post-mortem examination.
Reports said that Manoj Kumar Sharma, a resident of Devri Road in Agra, was engaged as `boxer’ for Akshay Kumar during his on-going shooting for `Toilet-Ek Prem Katha’ presently going in Mathura since November 6 last. Sharma took leave for some days and has to join back on Tuesday morning. He took Karnatka Expresses to reach Mathura on Tuesday morning. However, as he was reportedly stepping down in a hurry from the train at platform No-2 in Mathura Railway Station, his feet slipped and he was crushed under the wheels of the train.
The cops of the Government Railway Police at Mathura rushed to the spot and they checked his mobile phone call details after which they made a call and established the identity of the victim as Manoj Kumar Sharma. The cops passed on the message to Manoj’s brother Vinod Kumar Sharma, who subsequently reached Mathura and had also informed the incident to the production incharge of the above film.