Pregnant Woman Killed For Objecting To Passenger Smoking on Train

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.

After a heated argument, Yadav attacked the woman and strangled her. Pandey said that the train was stopped at Shahjahanpur and the woman was rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.

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.