On Saturday, two separate incidents occurred on the down line between Thaparnagar and Mugma railway stations in the Asansol railway division. In the first incident, Anand Kumar, a resident of Bokaro, was found dead after falling from a train. His mobile phone and ₹552 were found in his pocket. In the...
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second incident, Sagar Pal (45), a resident of Shasanbedia, was killed after being hit by a train near the central bridge change colony in the down line. Both bodies were sent to Dhanbad for post-mortem. Sagar Pal's family identified him. His family stated that he worked at the Riddhi-Siddhi factory near Neelkuthi More and was last seen leaving home after breakfast. The circumstances surrounding his presence at the railway track remain unclear. Sagar Pal was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom, Basukinath Pal, also works at the same factory. His wife, Deepa Pal, and son, Nikhil Pal, are inconsolable after the incident.