Caught On CCTV: Passenger Dies After Falling From Train While Resisting Mobile Snatching In Gujarat's Panoli
Panoli : A shocking incident has come to light from Gujarat's Panoli railway station in Ankleshwar. An alleged attempt to snatch a mobile phone from a passenger on a moving train turned fatal. The youth reportedly fell from the moving train while trying to resist the phone from getting snatched and later died during treatment. The incident took place on August 6. The deceased has been identified…
At Panoli railway station in Gujarat's Ankleshwar, a tragic incident unfolded on August 6 when a mobile phone theft turned fatal. Ashok Gurjar, a 32-year-old autorickshaw driver from Rajasthan, was traveling on the Jaipur-Bandra Superfast Express (12980) from Sawai Madhopur to Surat. While seated near the door of a general coach, Ashok's phone was allegedly snatched by a man who had been sleeping on a bench at the station.
In an attempt to reclaim his property, Ashok resisted the theft, causing him to lose his balance and fall from the moving train. The man fled the scene before police arrived. Ashok was seen hanging onto the train for a short time before being dragged 100 meters onto the platform by his belongings. He suffered severe injuries and died during medical treatment.
The incident was captured on nearby CCTV cameras, which have since been released to the public. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) is investigating the matter, seeking to identify the perpetrator and determine the full sequence of events.
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