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Miraculous escape for two-month-old

Staff Reporter

BHUBANESWAR: A two-month-old baby had a miraculous escape when a passenger train moved on its mother’s leg on Thursday.

The victim, identified as Shanti Dehuri (35), fell on the track when she was trying to get off from the Howrah-Tiruchirapali Express.

Shanti used to shuttle between Bhadrak and Bhubaneswar to beg in the train. On Thursday, she had just made an entry into general compartment of the Howrah-Tiruchirapali Express, when passenger informed her that the train was not going to Bhadrak but to Tiruchirapali.

By the time, Shanti decided to get off, the train had already started moving. . She took a chance and kept her foot on the concrete base of the station with baby in her cuddle. However, Shanti lost her balance and fell on the track.

The woman lost her right leg below the knee but the baby jumped up from her hand. Within 15 minutes RPF and Fire Service personnel rushed Shanti to Capital Hospital, where she regained consciousness after a few hours. The baby is now under care of a non-government organisation.

The SP Bhadrak has been requested to locate Shanti’s family. Shanti is deserted by her husband.

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