A 23-year-old man killed today in a stampede that occurred due to a last minute change of platform when a Kanpur-Lucknow short distance train was arriving at the Harauni railway station in Banthara area here, according to officials.
Angry passengers created ruckus at the railway station affecting traffic on the route.
Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), Northern Railway, Satish Kumar said the incident took place at 6.10 am affecting railway traffic on the Kanpur-Lucknow route.
The movement of two dozen trains was affected, he said.
Traffic was later restored and is normal now, he added.
In the incident Pradeep, a resident of Banthara area, was killed trying to catch the train which instead of platform number 3 arrived at platform number 4, according to an official.
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