Three people mowed down by train near Nangloi railway station

Three people sitting on tracks were run over by a train near the Nangloi Railway Station here on Monday, the Railways said.

The three, who are believed to be drunk, were sitting on the tracks at 7.15 am when the Bikaner-Delhi Express mowed them down. The train driver sounded the siren but the trio did not vacate the tracks, local police said.

The three men have been identified as Mukesh Verma (50), a tailor, and auto-rickshaw drivers Sushil Kumar (25) and Dishant (26), all residents of Mangolpuri, they said.

Preliminary probe indicated that the three were gambling and drinking on the tracks and did not see the oncoming train or hear its siren, officials said.

"The bodies have been shifted to the Sabzi Mandi mortuary. This is a clear case of accident by a running train," DCP (Railways) Dinesh Gupta said. He added that the viscera would be preserved to ascertain the presence of alcohol.

The incident comes days after 59 people were run over by a train while watching Dusshera celebrations on railway tracks near Amritsar.