A 60-year-old man from Kerala was injured and died later in hospital after the upper berth in a train coach fell on him as it was not chained securely by another passenger, Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Wednesday.
Ali Khan CK from Kerala was travelling to Agra with a friend on June 16 and had been allocated the lower berth of the sleeper coach of the train number 12645 Ernakulam-Hazrat Nizamuddin Millennium Superfast Express, GRP officials said.
The train was passing through Warangal district of Telangana when the mishap occurred and the man sustained neck injuries when the upper berth fell on him.
He was taken to a hospital in Ramagundam and moved later to a hospital in Hyderabad where he died while undergoing treatment on June 24.
A case has been registered.
The official spokesperson of the Ministry of Railways (@Spokesperson Railways) in a post on social media platform X said the passenger concerned was travelling on seat number 57 (lower berth) of S6 coach.
"The upper berth seat fell down due to improper placement of the chain of the upper berth. Due to improper chaining of seat of upper berth by a passenger, the seat fell down," the post read.
"It is clarified that the seat was not in damaged condition, neither it fell down nor crashed. The seat was checked at Nizamuddin station and found ok," the post said.
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