Woman dies when pushed out of a moving train; NHRC issues notice to Railway Board


New Delhi, 1st March, 2013
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports alleging that a woman died when pushed out of a moving train by RPF personnel near Muzaffarnagar on 27th February, 2013. The Commission has issued a notice to Chairman Railway Board, New Delhi calling for a report within four weeks.

Reportedly, the woman, in her mid-50s, was traveling with her husband and the couple inadvertently boarded the Delhi-Dehradun Shatabdi Express at Muzaffarnagar railway station, though they had tickets for second class journey only.

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