At least nine youths, travelling atop a train were killed when they were hit by an overbridge, in Shahjahanpur district on Tuesday. Inspector General of Police, B.P.Singh told AIR Correspondent that they were returning from Bareilly after submitting documents for jobs in ITBP. Several other ITBP aspirants travelling on roof of the Himgiri Express were also injured. The condition of 15 such aspirants are serious. The nine youths were killed when they fell from the moving train near Roja station, a short distance away from the main Shahjahanpur railway station. Agitated over the death of nine youths, the ITBP aspirants went on a rampage and torched two coaches of an Express train. Over 1.5 lakh youths, vying for ITBP jobs, reached Bareilly Tuesday morning to submit forms for recruitment in the force. Earlier in the day, thousands of ITBP aspirants went on a rampage in Bareilly torching a number of vehicles after they failed to submit their forms due to alleged mismanagement of the authorities. The aspirants, who had gathered at the camp to submit their recruitment forms and obtain a token for physical test, failed to get their documents deposited. The agitating youths also pelted stones on AIR and Doordarshan offices.
News On AIR | February 1, 2011 8:51 PM
Hit by overbridge 9 youths get killed in UP while travelling on train roof