Hyderabad: A youth suffered serious head injury when an MMTS knocked him down while he was attempting to take a selfie video standing alongside the tracks at Bharat-nagar railway station.
Police said the incident occurred three days ago and came to light on Wednesday when the video was circulated on social media. The man was identified as Shiva, who was seen taking the video with his smartphone as the MMTS train approached from behind.
Men are heard in the video calling him out from behind the camera to move away from the tracks. Shiva is also seen telling them to “wait a minute” and continues to smile and pose before the train rammed him.
As the train passed him, he appeared to have got caught in the wind gust generated by the speeding train, a police official said.
On receiving information, RPF personnel reached the spot and shifted him to a hospital where his condition was said to be stable, police said. He received serious injuries on his right hand, head and chest.
Bharat Nagar police booked a case against Shiva and remanded him after he paid a fine of Rs 500 and left after his treatment.
