Man Fatally Struck by Train in Silchar

In a tragic incident, a 54-year-old man was run down and killed by a train in Silchar on Saturday. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. at the railway crossing in Tarapur when the man was attempting to cross the tracks.

The railway police were called to the scene, and the body was recovered in the presence of a magistrate before being sent to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for a postmortem. The deceased, a resident of Katigorah, was visiting his in-laws in Silchar. The incident has cast a pall of gloom over the family.