08-26-2012, 06:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2012, 06:46 AM by G.Subramaniam.)
On 18 August, between 9.45 pm and 10 pm, 14 youths were thrown out of a special Guwahati-bound train from Bengaluru after it had crossed the New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal. Local villagers recovered four bodies between Falakata and Belakoba in Jalpaiguri district on the Assam-Bengal border; 10 others were seriously injured. All 14 were Muslims in their early 20s.
Three of the dead ââ¬â Atiqure Rehman Majumdar, Saibur Rehman and Iqbal Hussain Choudhury were from the Hailakandi district of lower Assam. The fourth, Mohammed Sharif Ahmed, was from Manipur. ââ¬ÅWe boarded the general compartment of the train thinking it was a special train for Eid,ââ¬Â recollects Seikh Saddam, 22, one of the survivors, ââ¬Åbut later realised that it was carrying people who were fleeing Bangalore. During the journey, some people got violent and attacked us, took our wallets and mobile phones. They got aggressive the moment we told them we are going home for Eid. After crossing New Jalpaiguri, they pushed us all outside, one by one.ââ¬Â Saddam is one of the 10 injured admitted to the North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri. - TEHELKA
Three of the dead ââ¬â Atiqure Rehman Majumdar, Saibur Rehman and Iqbal Hussain Choudhury were from the Hailakandi district of lower Assam. The fourth, Mohammed Sharif Ahmed, was from Manipur. ââ¬ÅWe boarded the general compartment of the train thinking it was a special train for Eid,ââ¬Â recollects Seikh Saddam, 22, one of the survivors, ââ¬Åbut later realised that it was carrying people who were fleeing Bangalore. During the journey, some people got violent and attacked us, took our wallets and mobile phones. They got aggressive the moment we told them we are going home for Eid. After crossing New Jalpaiguri, they pushed us all outside, one by one.ââ¬Â Saddam is one of the 10 injured admitted to the North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri. - TEHELKA