UP man kills self after missing shramik train in Rajkot

RAJKOT: A migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh (UP) killed himself on the track after he failed to catch the Shramik Special train for UP at the Rajkot railway station.

According to police, Ramashray Shivratan (36) was overwhelmed with depression after missing the only special train that would have taken him home to Mau district.

Suddenly, he hurled himself in front of a goods train at the station itself on Thursday, police said.

However, it's still not known where Shivratan was working and since how long. The railways had operated two Shramik Special trains to Baliya on Wednesday and Thursday. Cops could identity the deceased from his Aadhar and voter ID card. He hailed from Godhana village of Ghosi tehsil of Mau district, said Paresh Teraiya, assistant sub-inspector with Rajkot railway police station. “

I spoke with Mau district collector and Ghosi police station in-charge who sent men to Godhana village and informed the family about his demise,” Teraiya said.

This is the second incident of UP migrant committing suicide within two days. On Wednesday, a 45-year-old migrant from Majhaon village of UP had hanged himself behind the dyeing unit in Jetpur town of Rajkot district .

“We have kept the body in the morgue. We will wait for his family members for three days to come and claim the body. If no one turns up, we will perform his last rites,” added Teraiya.