Andhra Pradesh: Student pushed off moving train near Gooty in Anantapur district

TIRUPATI: In a bizarre incident, an intermediate student was pushed off from a moving train near Jakkala cheruvu railway station in Gooty mandal of

Anantapur district

in Andhra Pradesh on Monday.


According to the railway police, Niranjan Reddy - a native of Tadipatri- who was pursuing intermediate second year at a private college in

Vijayawada

was returning back home in an express train heading from Vijayawada to Dharmavaram.

Though Niranjan Reddy who fell asleep failed to get down at Tadipatri. And when he was trying to get off the train which was moving at a slow pace at the Jakkala cheruvu railway station, some unidentified miscreants pushed him off the moving train.

Niranjan Reddy broke both his legs in the incident. He was immediately rushed to the government hospital at Gooty for first-aid and later shifted to the government general hospital at Kurnool for better medical care.

The railway police have registered a case and have laid a hunt for the accused.