A pregnant woman was allegedly strangled to death on a train for objecting to a co-passenger smoking, a senior railway official said.
On Friday night, Chinat Devi, 45, was travelling with her family in the general bogey of Punjab-Bihar Jallianwala Express when she objected to a co-passenger, identified as Sonu Yadav, smoking, the GRP police station in-charge, Shahjahanpur, AK Pandey said.
The deceased and her family were on their way to Bihar for taking part in Chhat puja festivities, Pandey said. The accused was arrested and the body has been sent for post-mortem.
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