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- National champion Hoshiyar Singh dies after railway cops allegedly push him off train
Rajat Rai Lucknow,
Family and relatives of Hoshiyar Singh
A national level fencing player died after being allegedly thrown out of a moving train by Government Railway Police (GRP) cops for not paying bribe.
The incident was reported from the Kasganj district near Mathura on Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the deceased Hoshiyar Singh (23) was travelling in the Kasganj - Mathura passenger train along with his wife Jyoti, his 7 year old son and his mother.
While his family was travelling in the Ladies coach, he was sitting in the general coach adjacent to it. According to reports, Jyoti was not well and Hoshiyar went to attend her when the train stopped at the Sikandra Raut railway station.
"The train started moving and he could not get off the boggy. Soon after two GRP cops Ram Vilas and Rajesh came and started demanding Rs.200 from him. He refused and maintained that he will get off the boggy on the next railway station. However, they entered into a scuffle with him and threw him off the running train", alleged Jyoti.
Hoshiyar was rushed to the Kasganj district hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Irked by the incident, the passengers also gheraod railway and the GRP staff demanding strict action against the cops. The passengers also alleged that the booking clerk Vivek Gupta was also involved and helped the cops to escape.
An FIR was registered at the Kasganj GRP police station and the cops were absconding at the time of filing the report.
A native of Mathura, Hoshiyar won a brozen medal in the under - 17 national fencing championship in 2005. He was returning back to Mathura after performing his son's `Mundan' ceremony in Kasganj.
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