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2 migrants found dead in Shramik train at UP's Manduadih railway station

By ANI | Updated: May 28, 2020 02:05 IST

Two migrants were found dead in a Shramik special train that arrived from Mumbai at Manduadih railway station here on Wednesday.

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Two migrants were found dead in a Shramik special train that arrived from Mumbai at Manduadih railway station here on Wednesday.

"Government Railway Police is investigating the matter. One of deceased was travelling with his family and another was alone," Arun Kumar, Station Master, told .

Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awsh Awasthi, said that 1,337 trains have arrived in Uttar Pradesh carrying migrants from various states.

The Railways has been running the Shramik special trains after the Centre granted permission for movement of stranded citizens including migrants labourers, workers, students, tourists to return to their native towns due to coronavirus-induced lockdown.

In a separate incident, a woman died on board a train on May 25 and her body was deboarded at Muzaffarpur station in Bihar.

"We got information that a woman died on board a train on May 25. She was going to Katihar and her body was deboarded at Muzaffarpur station. She had some health issues. There is no problem of unavailability of food and water in trains," said Chandrashekhar Singh, Muzaffarpur District Magistrate.

( With inputs from ANI )

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