AGRA, Aug. 21, 2033 (TBINN)
On board Patna-Kota Express train two passengers died and six fell sick, officials said.
It was not immediately known what led to the deaths. Reportedly, they were part of a group of 90 passengers from Raipur in Chhattisgarh. Five of the six people who fell sick were undergoing treatment at a Railway Hospital in Agra while the sixth was admitted to the S.N. Medical College of Agra District.
In Agra P.R.O. of North Central Railway Prashasti Srivastava told thw Press that a call was received on Railway Helpline’s number about the passengers falling sick. They were travelling in an A.C. coach. A woman aged about 62 years and a man aged nearly 65 were declared dead by the doctor at Agra Cantt Railway Station. Five passengers from the same group are being treated at hospitals. She said the cause of death was not known yet.
Asked if it was a case of food poisoning or dehydration, she said it will be known after the postmortem. On whether they were given poison-laced sweets by a criminal gang known as zeher khurani geroh, she said there was no such complaint, by any passenger.
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