Barabanki (UP), Nov 13 (PTI) A 39-year-old woman and her three minor daughters were killed after being hit by a train in the Kotwali area of Barabanki district on Friday evening, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said.
The incident occurred around 7 pm in the Gandhi Nagar locality, GRP station house officer Manish Kumar said, adding that the bodies were being sent for postmortem examination.
The circumstances leading to the incident are not yet clear, and the police are investigating the matter, he said.
The deceased were identified as Kiran Devi Pal (39) and her daughters — twin sisters Kanishka and Anushka, both aged seven, and Kavya, five.
Kiran’s husband, Ramtej Pal, a grade four employee in the Forest Department, said he had 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.
He said he learnt about the incident while they were away and rushed home, but could not find his wife and three daughters there. A relative present at the house told him that they had gone out for some urgent work, following which he went to the spot, he said.
Daughter Riya, a Class 5 student, said the family had been living in their own house in Barabanki since 2022. Her three younger sisters studied at a local school.
Ramtej Pal, who is originally from Bahraich district, said he was posted in Kanpur but had been assigned duty in Lucknow and travelled daily.
The couple had been married for around 20 years, he said. Ramtej also claimed that his wife had been under mental stress recently and had occasionally spoken about taking an extreme step.
The police have not established the circumstances of the incident. PTI COR KIS
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