Girl loses leg in train theft
A Bhiwandi-based family went through a horrifying ordeal while returning to Mumbai in an express train, when their 24-year-old daughter lost her left leg after falling off the moving train during a scuffle with a thief. The family also had to deal with the uncooperative behaviour of the railway authorities.
The incident occurred in the intervening night of June 4 and 5, when the Mehtas were retuning to Mumbai in the Golden Temple Express. A total 21 members of the family had gone on a trip to north India.
The victim Bhavika Mehta fought with a thief who had entered the coach. “I was sleeping with my purse placed under my head. The train was reaching Ambala station, when a thief snatched the purse and started fleeing. I lost control and fell on the tracks during the scuffle,” said Bhavika, who is admitted in the ICU at a private hospital in Mulund. Unfortunately, the train ran over her, severing her leg. Her father Kiran and elder brother Rahul jumped off the train to rescue her
However, the family’s ordeal did not end here. “While my father and I rushed Bhavika to a hospital in Ambala, the rest of our family members were targeted by a ticket checker. The TC asked them for a bribe of `3,500 if they wished to continue their journey, as all the tickets were with Kiran. The TC even sold nine of our tickets thinking that we would discontinue our journey,” Rahul said. Six family members had to discontinue their journey at Ambala. Later, Bhavika was rushed to a hospital in Chandigarh, and there the family approached the railway authorities for emergency tickets to Mumbai. “The railway authorities refused to give us tickets. We approached several airlines. But the fare was coming to `2 lakh. Dejected, we hired an ambulance and a car for which we had to pay `90,000,” said Rahul.
When asked about the incident, a railway official said, “As the part of the procedure, the matter will be investigated at the zone where the incident had occurred.”
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