Barpeta, June 24: A tragic incident in Assam’s Barpeta district claimed the lives of two teenage boys after they were reportedly struck by a train on June 23 evening.
The incident occurred in the Barpeta Road area. The deceased were identified as Jahangir Alam (16) and Mostafa Khan (17), both residents of Azad Nagar in Barpeta Road town.
Jahangir Alam was a student of B.H. College, while Mostafa Khan was studying in the Higher Secondary section at Dronacharya Academy.
According to local residents, the two close friends aspired to join the Indian Army and regularly participated in running and physical training sessions as part of their preparation.
On the day of the incident, they reportedly left home in the evening for their routine practice session. When they failed to return late into the night, family members and local residents began searching for them.
At around 11 pm, the bodies of the two teenagers were discovered on the railway tracks at Barpeta Road.
Reports indicated that several trains had passed through the route during the night, making it difficult to immediately determine which train was involved in the incident.
Personnel from Barpeta Road Police Station and the Railway Police reached the spot, recovered the bodies and initiated legal formalities.
Police have launched an investigation to ascertain the exact circumstances surrounding the incident.
