Fencing Champion Dies: Allegedly thrown Off train by railway police

mangaloretoday.com

New Delhi, July 24:  A national-level athlete and fencing champion died on Thursday after he was allegedly pushed off a train by the railway police in Uttar Pradesh.

Hoshiyar Singh was returning from Mathura to his home town Kasganj. After seating his mother and wife in the women’s coach, he boarded the general coach.

 

His family members say Hoshiyar Singh came to the women’s coach to check on his wife who was unwell and had called him.

The railway police demanded Rs. 200 to allow Mr Singh to stay in the women’s coach, his family alleges. When he refused to pay and said he would get off the women’s coach at the next station, the policemen allegedly assaulted him and threw him off the train.

"They pushed my husband. He was in the women’s coach and not talking to me.  Police came and asked him what he was doing in the ladies coach. They pushed him and he got stuck," said his wife.

Hoshiyar Singh’s family has demanded a case of murder against the policemen, who claim that the athlete slipped and fell.

"He was on his way to Mathura. He had got off to drink water and while getting back up he slipped and got stuck... but his family alleges pulled down by some people... his body has been sent for postmortem," said a police officer.

In 2011, another national-level athlete, volleyball player Arunima Singh, was thrown off a moving train by the Railway Police. She lost her right leg in the incident.