Man run over by train at Nizamuddin

NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old man was run over by a moving train after he fell while trying to board it at Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station, police said today.
Anup was on his way to Banda in Uttar Pradesh along with his five cousins and was to board a Sampark Kranti train.
While four of his cousins had already entered the compartment, Anup and two others were still on the platform.
"He tried to board the moving train and in the process his leg slipped off the footboard. His body slipped through the gap between the compartment and the platform and he came under the train," a police %officer said.
The officer also said that it was not possible to bring the train to a halt since it had already gathered pace.
When the train crossed the Nizammudin station, other passengers on the platform found him lying on the platform with serious injuries. Anup was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital but doctors declared him brought dead, the officer said.