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Kolkata: Locals block rail track after train knocks down man, service hit

| | Jan 20, 2017, at 02:07 am
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IBNS): After an elderly man was knocked down by a train, local people reportedly blocked railway tracks at Sodepur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Thursday, disrupting train service for hours.

According to reports, an old man was killed after being hit by a Sealdah to Krishnanagar bound galloping local train near Sodepur railway station, barely 16 km. from state capital Kolkata, in the morning.

Alleging that railway did not make announcement of the through train's arrival, which led to the aged man's death, locals blocked railway tracks for hours and vandalized station master's cabin.   

Due to the blockade, train service in Sealdah main line was disrupted for hours and office bound commuters suffered a lot.

However, after nearly two hours, the blockade was withdrawn and train service became normal.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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