A 58-year-old woman from Auraiya district was found dead on the Delhi-Howrah railway track near Kanchौsi station. Her family members were distraught upon discovering her body. Police sent the body for postmortem. Initial investigation suggests the woman was hit by a train while crossing the tracks. The deceased, Sudha Singh, had...
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left her home in Mahipalpurwa village, Dibaiyapur, Auraiya, to visit her relatives in Rura. Her body was discovered near pillar number 1090/22, between the Kanchौsi station and the railway crossing. A trackman reported the incident to the station master, who then alerted the Kanchौsi outpost in-charge. The deceased's sons, Sangram Singh and Amit Singh, were inconsolable upon identifying their mother's body. Police sent the body for postmortem and are investigating further.

On Thursday, the body of a young man was found near a pillar on the down railway track between Jhinjhak and Kanchausi stations, near the village of Bada Gaon. The trackman informed the station master, who alerted the police. The police recovered an Aadhaar card and a phone number from the...
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deceased, identifying him as Nand Kishore, a resident of Sant Kabir Nagar. The police informed his family and sent the body for postmortem. The police suspect that the young man may have fallen from a train. Further investigation will be carried out after the family arrives and the postmortem report is available.

A police constable, Amit Kumar, stationed at Moosanganj police station, was on his way to Mathura on the Unchahar Express from Rura station. He was going to verify released criminals. While travelling between Jhinjhak and Kanchausi stations, he got into an argument with passengers going from Unchahar to Chandigarh. During this...
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argument, the passengers assaulted the constable and one of them stabbed him. One of the assailants jumped from the moving train to escape the crowd and was hit by the Dehradun Express on the down line. He died on the spot. The injured constable was taken to Saifai hospital for treatment. The police are investigating the matter and trying to identify the deceased.

Kanchausi railway station in Uttar Pradesh is unique because it straddles the border of two districts, Kanpur Dehat and Auraiya. Half of the station lies in each district, meaning trains stopping there are technically in two places at once. This makes it a popular spot due to its unusual feature. Initially,...
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only passenger trains stopped at Kanchausi, but now the Farakka Express also halts there, making it easier for people in the area to travel to distant cities.

On Sunday, a freight train travelling from Etawah to Kanpur Central on the Howrah-Delhi route experienced a brake shoe malfunction. The train's crew informed the Kanchौsi station staff, leading to the train being halted on the main line. A railway technical team arrived and repaired the brake shoe, allowing the train...
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to proceed towards its destination after approximately half an hour. The incident occurred as the freight train was passing Kanchौsi station on the down line. The guard noticed brake shoe failure in the third wagon, causing the train to come to a sudden halt. Railway personnel working on the track and the train guard informed the Kanchौsi station superintendent. The incident was also reported to the Tundla and Etawah station controls. Express trains approaching from behind were diverted to platform number one. According to station superintendent Darbari Kumar, the train being moved to the main line did not disrupt the operation of other trains.