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12/04/2011

Five pilgrims run over by train in Bihar

Patna, April 12 (IANS) Five Hindu pilgrims, including a woman, were Tuesday crushed to death by an express train in Bihar's Bagaha district, police said.

Police officials said the five were run over by the speeding Satyagraha Express while crossing a railway bridge on the Jhapsa river to offer prayers at Madanpur temple on the occasion of Ramnavami.


After the accident, local residents protested, demanding compensation for the victim's families.

 

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