Four run over by speeding train in Jharkhand

Four persons, including three women, came under the wheels of the Mumbai-Howrah Duronto Express while crossing a railway track in Chakradharpur in Singhbhum district on Wednesday, police said.

All the four, residents of Tilangjori village in Seraikela-Kharswan district, were returning home after visiting a bank when the incident took place in the afternoon, Officer-in-Charge of Chakradharpur Police Station Praveen Kumar said.

The deceased could be identified with the help of their Aadhaar cards, he said, adding, the bodies were severely mutilated.

A 70-year-old woman is among the dead, Kumar said.