Dumka: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan on duty at NTPC Farakka was run over by a coal-laden goods train on the Farakka-Lalmatia merry-go-round (MGR) railway line in Sahibganj district early Thursday, police said.Sahibganj SP Amit Kumar Singh said, “Ashok Kumar Ghadei, 47, a resident of Arvind Nagar in Brahmapur city under Ganjam district of Odisha, was on board a coal-laden goods train heading to NTPC Farakka from Lalmatia. He had reportedly alighted from the train during routine patrolling to attend to a vacuum-related issue when he came under the train’s wheels and suffered critical injuries.”“The injured jawan was taken to the Barharwa community health centre, where doctors declared him brought dead. The body was later sent to Rajmahal sub-divisional hospital for post-mortem examination. An investigation is underway to ascertain the exact circumstances leading to the accident,” he added.CISF personnel are deployed on coal-laden freight trains operating on the MGR route to prevent theft during transportation.
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