Train runs over 7 buffaloes in Burdwan
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Rupnarayanpur (Burdwan): Seven buffaloes were mowed down by the UP 12317 Akal Takht Superfast Express, which operates between Kolkata and Amritsar, between Rupnarayanpur and Chittaranjan stations around 11am on on Sunday.
The train was detained till 11.30am.
According to local residents, some of the buffaloes were pregnant, and the impact expelled the unborn calves from their bodies.
Railway officials said the loco pilot immediately reported the incident. Personnel from the public works department, RPF and railway authorities rushed to the site.
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