Woman throws child to death from speeding train in Jharkhand, arrested

She was mentally disturbed after her husband forced her to return to her native place in West Singhbhum.

A woman was arrested for allegedly throwing her child to death from a speeding train in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharsawan district, police said.

The incident occurred between Rajkharsawan and Mahalimarup railway stations under the Kharsawan Police Station limits on Wednesday night when the one-and-a-half-month-old boy was flung out of the running train, a senior officer said.

The child's body was found near the railway tracks, he said.

Mudravati Gope, a native of Majhgaon in West Singhbhum district, was handed over to the Railway Protection Force by fellow passengers of the Howrah-Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express when she attempted to throw another child, aged about three years, off the train, Kharsawan Police Station Officer-in-Charge Gaurav Kumar told PTI.

''The woman had eloped with Mohammed Shahabuddin, a native of West Bengal, four years back. They had been living together and had got married. She was mentally disturbed after her husband forced her to return to her native place in West Singhbhum. She has been arrested,'' the officer said.