Kochi: First a young lady lost the vision in one of her eyes and ultimately her job in a major hospital. Now a 10-year-old boy will lose a precious six months so that the wounds on his head can heal.
In both cases this year, the culprits who pelted stones at the train in which they were travelling, have gone scot free as has happened in a majority of similar incidents before them.
Class V student Adnan Razi, who suffered a serious head injury, after unidentified persons pelted stones on a moving express train at Vadutala between Ernakulam North and Edapally railway stations on December 2, was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday.
However, doctors say it would take six months for the little boy to recuperate completely since the stone penetrated deep into the skull and affected the sensitive brain area.
The family has finally moved the railway tribunal claiming compensation.
“The doctors asked us to be cautions for the next six months and advised against strenuous activities like cycling. But they assured us that he would recover fully given his tender age,” said Mustafa Razi, the child’s father.
Meanwhile, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) is thinking of ways to prevent such incidents in future after it failed miserably to identify the culprits.
“One of the measures we are taking is to identify problem areas and then tie up with resident associations there to report on miscreants.
We’ve done it in the area where the recent stone pelting case was reported. We have also taken an awareness class for local people there,” a senior RPF official said.
Earlier on October 2, a 23-year-old nurse Preethamol was hit by a stone hurled at the train in which she was travelling. She lost the vision in one eye which subsequently resulted in her losing her job at a Hyderabad hospital.
