Palghar:

A 16-year-old girl died after being run over by an express train while she was crossing railway tracks with earphones on in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said on Friday.

The incident took place at 1.10 pm on Thursday between Saphale and Kelve Road railway stations, they said.

The girl, Vaishnavi Rawal from Makne village in the district, was crossing the tracks when she was knocked down by the Kochuveli-Amritsar Superfast Express train. The girl probably could not hear the sound of the oncoming train as she had earphones plugged in, an official of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said.

The girl suffered grievous injuries and was rushed to a hospital, where she was declared dead, he said.

Her body was then sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered, the official said, adding that a probe was on.

The incident took place a day after 12 passengers were killed in Jalgaon district of north Maharashtra when they hastily jumped from the 12533 Lucknow-Mumbai Pushpak Express, fearing a blaze, only to be tragically run over by the oncoming Karnataka Express heading from Bengaluru to Delhi on the adjacent tracks.

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Thane:

A 72-year-old woman was assaulted and robbed of gold ornaments allegedly by a man who came to her house in Thane’s Mira-Bhayander area posing as an electrician, a police official said on Friday.

The incident took place two days ago, Naya Nagar police station senior inspector Amar Jagdale said.

“Around 9pm, accused Mohammad Salim Choudhary entered the woman’s house claiming he was an electrician. He barged in, held her captive, beat her up and stole her gold ornaments. The lady narrated her ordeal to kin next day, who approached police,” Jagdale said.

Mohammad Salim Choudhary was arrested soon after and has been charged with robbery and other offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official added.

A relative of the woman told reporters she lived alone and was suffering from various ailments.

“The man had come to the house the pretext of work, then returned in the night to commit the crime. He told the woman he need the gold ornaments to pay for the treatment of his ailing mother and that he would return it in two months,” the relative said.

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