Desire for a `selfie’ on railway tracks with the train coming in the background, cost the lives of three youths and a passenger in two separate mishaps in Mirzapur and Saharanpur respectively.
In Mirzapur, two youths - Jitendra (18) and Vinod (20), both natives of Chandauli (Mugalsarai) went to take a selfie on their motorcycle with the train coming from behind at the Parsaudha railway crossing at Chunar (Mirzapur). However, they failed to judge the speed of the Brahmaputra Mail train (going from Allahabad-Mugalarsarai) as a result both were fatally run over. What is more, a shocked passenger who saw the incident unfold was so jarred by the deaths, that he fell from the train and was also fatally crushed. The police later rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies for autopsy. Efforts were being made to ascertain the identity of the passenger in his late 40's.
In a similar incident in Saharanpur, a 15-year-old boy was run over by a train while taking a selfie with a train in the background at Chunhati railway gate on Delhi Road on Friday morning.
Kartik Kakkar, a student of class X in Rainbow School, went cycling with his three friends and was taking his selfie on the railway tracks when the mishap occurred. The Haridwar-Ajmer Express ran over him and dragged him for almost 500 metres due severing his legs and an arm and he died on the spot. The body was later sent for autopsy.
Meanwhile in a tragic incident reported from Meerut, a 32-year-old woman committed suicide after poisoning her three children after following an argument with her husband.
As per reports, Saina had a heated exchange with her husband Meeraj over a house-hold issue on Thursday night. later in the night, she poisoned her children Neha (8), Abujar (5) and Bilal (8 months) and also consumed poison. All of them were rushed to hospital where she along with her two children died. The youngest child Bilal is in critical condition.
The family members refused to file an FIR stating that they did not want any action in the case. The police however sent the bodies for autopsy and were investigating the matter.