Junior artist Jyothi Reddy passes away in train accident

Junior artist Jyothi Reddy

, 26, passed away after she fell off a train near Shadnagar railway station on early morning Tuesday.

Hyderabad police

reportedly said Jyothi Reddy boarded the train at

Kadapa railway station

on Monday night, and travelled to Hyderabad. She recently went to her hometown Chitvel, Kadapa for the Sankranti festival. The train reached Shadnagar railway station at 5.30 am on Tuesday. Jyothi Reddy, who was asleep, thought that she reached Kachiguda station and got off the train mistakenly. As soon as she tried to board the train again, she accidentally fell on the platform as the train was already moving. She sustained a severe head injury in the accident.

Railway staff immediately rushed her to a private hospital in Hyderabad. Jyoti Reddy had died by the time she reached the hospital, confirmed by the doctors. The case has been registered, police said.

Meanwhile, her relatives reached the hospital in Malakpet and expressed concern over the death of Jyoti Reddy. Junior artists association is also expressed concern over her death. If Jyothi Reddy was injured at the Shadnagar railway station, they are questioning why the CCTV footage was not released. Police say there were no

CCTV cameras

at the Shadnagar railway station. They demanded to know what actually happened at the station and demanded justice for her family.

Jyothi Reddy has starred in a few Telugu movies as a junior artist. Recently, she appeared in a song in '

Pushpa

' as a dancer.