A 20-year-old man, who came to Mumbra from Dhule for an Army recruitment examination under the Agnipath Scheme, met with a tragic end in a freak railway accident; he got down at Mumbra station and was feeling nauseous; so, he went to the edge of the platform to vomit; however, he failed to see a local train approaching and was hit by it; he was declared dead upon arrival at civil hospital

The man, Rameshwar Devre, got down at Mumbra station and was feeling nauseous. So, he went to the edge of the platform to vomit on Wednesday morning. However, he failed to see a local train approaching. He was hit by the train and was thrown backwards on the platform. He was taken to a hospital but was declared dead. His body was sent to Dhule to his family.

Devre was a resident of Vadjai Village in Dhule and stayed with his elder sister, younger brother and parents. The family needed to save money for their daughter’s wedding, for which Devre decided to do his bit. He always wanted to get into government service and saw an advertisement for the Agnipath Scheme recruitment.

The first session for the recruitment scheme is being held in Mumbra since September 20 at Shri Abdul Kalam Azad Sports Stadium in Kausa, Mumbra.

According to Government Railway Police SPI, P Kande, said, “As per people on platform No. 3 and the CCTV footage, the deceased felt nauseous and ran to the edge of the platform to vomit. Within three to four seconds, the fast CSMT-bound local train came and knocked him over. We took him to the civil hospital, where he was declared dead due to head injury. We have registered an Accidental Death Report in the matter. His body was sent to his village in Dhule with his brother.”

Devre’s cousin Pankesh Suryvanshi, 28, stays in Titwala, and couldn’t understand how to tell Devre’s family about his death. The family is very poor and did not have money to travel to Thane for seven hours and take his body back. The family was trying to arrange money for the same.