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Hapless husband watches wife’s gruesome death
A 31-year-old woman died after she was stuck between the train and platform, while her hapless husband watched her dying in front of him, as he could do little to save her.
The shocking incident took place at Subzi Mandi railway station on Tuesday morning. The platform was bustling with office-goers who were in a hurry to catch a train to work place. The deceased, identified as Seema, too, had come to the platform to catch a train to her office in Kheda Kalan in North West Delhi. Unfortunately, she tripped over and fell between the train and platform in her attempt to catch the moving train. Since the EMU between Old Delhi to Kurukshetra in Haryana was already in motion, Seema was dragged and her body was severed. She died instantly.
Having learnt its lessons from the Nizamuddin railway station in November, where Bhagwan Porwal was stuck on the platform for four hours, the rescue operation of the Railways was swift this time. Eyewitnesses said that the woman got dragged with the train and was stuck for about 15 minutes, but help reached on time. The rescue team had to use gas cutters to break the platform and pull her out.
Railway authorities also claimed that there was no lapse on the part of the railways as the rescue operation was quick. DRM Delhi Division Northern Railways, Ashwani Lohani, said, “The rescue teams completed the operation in 20 minutes. She was taken to the hospital within 20 minutes.”
Seema’s husband Vikas, who was an eyewitness to the incident, said, “I had come to drop her to railway station. Her train had already left the platform and so she tried to catch a moving train; I had already left the station, it was when I heard people raising an alarm that I came back. It was too late by then and she was already dragged to some distance with train.”
Additional Deputy of Commissioner of Police, Railways, BS Gujjar, said, “The train moved from the platform at 8:32 am and was stopped quickly at 8:33 am when the woman fell in the gap. The incident was reported from platform number one of the railway station. The woman was in a hurry to catch the train and so slipped on the platform from a place where it was broken.” She was catching a local train plying on the route from Old Delhi to Kurukshetra.
The train had already moved and, therefore, she got dragged with the train for about 15 metres. Passengers raised an alarm after which the train was stopped. The woman was badly stuck between the train and it took 20 minutes for the rescue team to pull her out, a senior official informed.
Dinesh, a vendor who has a shop at the platform, said, “The woman slipped off from the platform because she was in hurry. She was wearing a saree and was trying to board a moving train, this is the reason that she slipped off. She was stuck in the gap for about 15 minutes, but the help arrived on time.”
Seema was an Aanganwadi worker at the Kheda Kalan centre. She used to board a train to her work place every day from Sabzi Mandi railway station. On Tuesday, she was in a hurry as she had to attend an important meeting.
A 31-year-old woman died after she was stuck between the train and platform, while her hapless husband watched her dying in front of him, as he could do little to save her.
The shocking incident took place at Subzi Mandi railway station on Tuesday morning. The platform was bustling with office-goers who were in a hurry to catch a train to work place. The deceased, identified as Seema, too, had come to the platform to catch a train to her office in Kheda Kalan in North West Delhi. Unfortunately, she tripped over and fell between the train and platform in her attempt to catch the moving train. Since the EMU between Old Delhi to Kurukshetra in Haryana was already in motion, Seema was dragged and her body was severed. She died instantly.
Having learnt its lessons from the Nizamuddin railway station in November, where Bhagwan Porwal was stuck on the platform for four hours, the rescue operation of the Railways was swift this time. Eyewitnesses said that the woman got dragged with the train and was stuck for about 15 minutes, but help reached on time. The rescue team had to use gas cutters to break the platform and pull her out.
Railway authorities also claimed that there was no lapse on the part of the railways as the rescue operation was quick. DRM Delhi Division Northern Railways, Ashwani Lohani, said, “The rescue teams completed the operation in 20 minutes. She was taken to the hospital within 20 minutes.”
Seema’s husband Vikas, who was an eyewitness to the incident, said, “I had come to drop her to railway station. Her train had already left the platform and so she tried to catch a moving train; I had already left the station, it was when I heard people raising an alarm that I came back. It was too late by then and she was already dragged to some distance with train.”
Additional Deputy of Commissioner of Police, Railways, BS Gujjar, said, “The train moved from the platform at 8:32 am and was stopped quickly at 8:33 am when the woman fell in the gap. The incident was reported from platform number one of the railway station. The woman was in a hurry to catch the train and so slipped on the platform from a place where it was broken.” She was catching a local train plying on the route from Old Delhi to Kurukshetra.
The train had already moved and, therefore, she got dragged with the train for about 15 metres. Passengers raised an alarm after which the train was stopped. The woman was badly stuck between the train and it took 20 minutes for the rescue team to pull her out, a senior official informed.
Dinesh, a vendor who has a shop at the platform, said, “The woman slipped off from the platform because she was in hurry. She was wearing a saree and was trying to board a moving train, this is the reason that she slipped off. She was stuck in the gap for about 15 minutes, but the help arrived on time.”
Seema was an Aanganwadi worker at the Kheda Kalan centre. She used to board a train to her work place every day from Sabzi Mandi railway station. On Tuesday, she was in a hurry as she had to attend an important meeting.
