04-07-2025
Woman survives after being pushed from moving train by hubby in Ramgarh
Ramgarh: The govt rail police (GRP) at Barkakana in Ramgarh district under the East Central Railway (ECR) have contacted their counterparts at Varanasi UP to trace a person identified as Shankar Kumar (25), who is accused of pushing his wife, Kushbhoo Kumari, from a moving train here on Thursday.
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The woman survived is undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in Ranchi. GRP personnel said the couple was travelling on the Varanasi Express on Thursday when the accused allegedly pushed his wife between Bhurkunda and Patratu railway stations.
The victim was found lying unconscious on the tracks and was later rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF). They admitted her a local govt hospital here, from where she has been referred to Rims.
Manohar Barla, officer in charge of the govt rail police (GRP) in Barkakana said, "A railway lineman found the injured woman in a ditch and alerted RPF in Patratu. With the help of dial 108, she was later admitted to Sadar Hospital in Ramgarh, from where she was referred to RIMS in Ranchi."
He said that the victim in her statement told them that she hails from Devaria in Uttar Pradesh and was travelling to Varanasi from Barkakana Junction with her husband. "They married a year back," Barla said quoting the woman, adding that the victim claimed that her husband tried to kill her but wanted to look like an accident. "We have contacted our counterparts to further the probe and trace the culprits," he said.
