UP woman, 3 daughters died after train runs over them; husband cites mental stress

A 39-year-old woman and her three minor daughters died after being hit by a train in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district on Friday evening, the Government Railway Police told news agency Press Trust of India.

Police said the circumstances leading to the incident were unclear and an investigation was under way.

The incident occurred around 7 pm in the Gandhi Nagar locality under the Kotwali area, GRP station house officer Manish Kumar told PTI. He said the bodies were being sent for post-mortem examination.

The deceased were identified as Kiran Devi Pal, 39, her seven-year-old twin daughters Kanishka and Anushka, and her five-year-old daughter Kavya.

Kiran's husband, Ramtej Pal, a grade four employee in the Forest Department, said he returned home around 3 pm after taking his wife for an eye check-up. He later went to the market with his 12-year-old daughter Riya to buy winter clothes.

Ramtej said he learnt about the incident while they were away and rushed home, but could not find his wife and three daughters. A relative at the house told him that they had gone out for urgent work, following which he went to the spot.

Riya, a Class 5 student, said the family had been living in its own house in Barabanki since 2022. Her three younger sisters studied at a local school.

Ramtej, who is originally from Bahraich district, said he was posted in Kanpur but had been assigned duty in Lucknow and travelled there daily. He said the couple had been married for around 20 years.

Ramtej also claimed that his wife had recently been under mental stress and had occasionally spoken about taking an extreme step.

Police have not established what led to the woman and her three daughters being hit by the train, and are investigating the incident.- Ends(With PTI inputs)