2 Bihari youths thrown out of moving train, 1 dies

Two youths from Bihar, who had come to Gujarat to appear in a railway exam, were thrown out of a moving train following a scuffle with fellow passengers in Nadiad leaving one of them dead and the other injured.

Two youths from Bihar, who had come to Gujarat to appear in a railway exam, were thrown out of a moving train following a scuffle with fellow passengers in Nadiad leaving one of them dead and the other injured.

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The incident took place between Kaniz and Mehemdabad railway stations on Sunday morning, railway police said on Monday.

The two youths from Bihar's Sundapur village - Rajiv Mahanto and Rakesh Mahanto, both aged between 25-30 years -- had come to Ahmedabad to appear for a railway exam. They had boarded the Ahmedabad-Mysore express to go back home, they said.

One of the three unidentified persons, who were sitting next to them, snatched Rajiv's mobile after which they entered into a scuffle, railway police officials said.

The three youths threw the duo out of the moving train and Rajiv died on the spot, while Rakesh sustained injuries, they said.

A case was registered on Monday in this connection at the Nadiad railway police and investigation is being carried out by its local crime branch wing.