A French citizen was allegedly pushed out of a running train near Haryana's Karnal station and a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) has been arrested in this connection.
A French citizen died here today after he was allegedly pushed out of a running train near Haryana's Karnal station.
A Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) had been arrested in connection with the incident.
"The French national succumbed to his injuries. We have informed the French Embassy officials who will be arriving tomorrow," IG Railways, V Kamaraja told PTI on phone.
A three-member medical board had been constituted to conduct the postmortem examination of the victim, which will be videographed.
On April 29, French citizen Frank Wilfred, 23, was seen lying on the platform at the Karnal station after the Amritsar-bound Sachkhand Express train had started moving from the station, police said.
Wilfred was taken to a hospital in Karnal from where he was taken to PGIMER in Chandigarh where he was kept in the ICU in a serious condition with receiving head injuries.
Police said Wilfred had been pushed out of the train and they had sought TTE Manoj Kumar's remand to investigate who had pushed him.
Kumar was arrested yesterday and produced before Karnal Court which sent him to two-day police remand.
A Government Railway Police official said the Frenchman's important documents, including his passport, had been recovered from Kumar's possession.
He said the TTE's role came under scanner as he had not informed the GRP or the railway authorities about the incident and also concealed the fact that his documents were with him.
The official said preliminary investigations showed there was a quarrel between the French national and the TTE before he was pushed out of the train.
The TTE has been booked for various charges, including attempt to murder and intentional omission to provide information, which was his duty to do so.
"Now, we will also add Section 302 (murder) in the FIR," Kamaraja said, adding further investigations will show who elose will be booked for murder.
He said they were conducting a thorough probe into the incident that includes screening the passenger reservation list on that particular date and questioning various persons.
"We are hoping to book more persons in the case," he said.
The incident had been reported to the GRP by some commuters at the Karnal railway station.
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