Woman killed as drunk TTE pushes her off train in Jalgaon Maharashtra

Jalgaon: A woman passenger was killed on Thursday after she was pushed off a moving train by an allegedly drunk ticket examiner for trying to board an AC coach while carrying a general class ticket in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, police said.

The TTE, identified as Sampat Salunkhe, has been arrested, the police added. According to a complaint filed with Jalgaon GRP by the nephew of the deceased, Ujjwala Pandey, 38, tried to board an AC coach of LTT-Rajendra-nagar Patna Express when she was stopped by Salunkhe.

As the train started moving, fearing she would miss it, Ujjwala, along with her 10-year-old daughter Palak, made another attempt at boarding, following which she was given a hefty shove by Salunkhe. The victim lost her balance and fell into the gap between the train and the platform.

Ujjwala’s nephew Rahul Purohit, who had come to see her off, raised an alarm and the train was brought to a grinding halt. However, by then she had been run over and killed.

Salunkhe, fearing public anger, hid inside the pantry car but an angry crowd dragged him out and handed him over to the police after a sound thrashing. The TTE has been arrested and sent for medical examination to ascertain if he was under the influence of liquor.