UP’s septuagenarian maulvi killed after being hit by train
Mirzapur, 22 Aug (HS): A middle aged cleric died after being hit by a train near Narayanpur railway crossing in Adalhat police station area on Friday morning. As soon as the incident was known, the GRP police along with the
A crowd of villagers gathered on the spot


Mirzapur, 22 Aug (HS): A middle aged cleric died after being hit

by a train near Narayanpur railway crossing in Adalhat police station area on

Friday morning. As soon as the incident was known, the GRP police along with

the nearby villagers also reached the spot. Anwarul Haq (70), a resident of

Bhomar village, was a Maulvi in ​​a madrasa in the nearby Shahpur village. On Friday

at around 10:30 am, he left for the madrasa as usual. When the railway gate at

Narayanpur was closed, he tried to cross the track on foot. During this time,

he was hit by a train coming on the up line and died on the spot.

The deceased was originally from Dedhgaon, Jamnia (Ghazipur),

but currently lived in his in-laws' house in Bhoramar. About two years ago, his

only son Eklam had died of illness. His wife Tajbun Nisha, grandson Asif and

granddaughter Nazia are mourning at home. Family members said that the deceased

had returned from Umrah pilgrimage a few days ago.

As soon as the information of the incident was received, a crowd

of villagers gathered on the spot. On receiving the information, the GRP Chunar

police station reached the spot and took necessary action and sent the body for

post-mortem.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi


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