Pregnant Woman Killed For Objecting To Passenger Smoking In Train: Cops

A pregnant woman was allegedly strangled to death on a train for objecting to a co-passenger smoking, a senior railway official said.

On Friday night, Chinat Devi, 45, was travelling with her family in the general bogey of Punjab-Bihar Jallianwala Express when she objected to a co-passenger, identified as Sonu Yadav, smoking, the GRP police station In-charge, Shahjahanpur, AK Pandey said.

After a heated argument, Mr Yadav attacked the woman and strangled her, Mr Pandey said, adding that the train was stopped at Shahjahanpur and the woman was rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared her dead.

The deceased and her family were on their way to Bihar for taking part in Chhat puja festivities, Mr Pandey informed.

The accused was arrested and the body was sent for post-mortem, he said. 

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Meanwhile, Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal on October 29 felicitated 39 Civil Engineering staff and officers of the Indian Railways with certificates of excellence at an event in New Delhi. 

The civil engineering staff and officers, who had done exemplary and outstanding work in prevention of accidents, accelerated completion of safety works, works of high-quality passenger amenities including Foot Over Bridges and beautification of stations, construction of important bridges, new lines and doubling projects, etc. from all over Indian Railways were honoured for their outstanding work by Goyal, read a statement.