Water Resource Department engineer knocked down by train
Press Trust of India Jorhat An assistant executive engineer of the Water Resource department in upper Assam's Jorhat district was knocked down by the down Jorhat-Tinsukia passenger train near Rajabari Water Resource Division campus here, police said today.
The engineer identified as Gagon Chandra Das after being hit by the train, fell into a pit beside the railway track last evening, the sources said.
Das was immediately rushed to a private nursing home which referred him to Jorhat Medical College Hospital where he was declared "brought dead".
The 54-year old engineer hails from Mangaldoi, they added.
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