Six women were run over by an incoming train on Wednesday while they were alighting from the wrong side at Chunar railway station. The incident took place at about 9.30 am when the passengers got off the Chopan Express on the track and were hit by the approaching Netaji Express train from Howrah to Kalkaji. The deceased had come here for Kartik Purnima Snan.
The Chopan Express had halted at platform four of the station, and the passengers chose to get down on the track, though there is a foot overbridge, the railways said.
Railway Police Inspector Raghvendra Singh confirmed there were six deaths. The deceased were identified as Savita (28), Sadhna (16), Shiv Kumari (12), Anju Devi (20), Sushila Devi (60), and Kalawati (50).
The Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered his condolences to the kin of the victims and directed officials to reach the spot immediately and expedite relief and rescue operations.
