Overview
- The GRP constable, injured Tuesday around midnight, lost both legs after slipping under the arriving Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express at Gonda’s Platform No. 1.
- Police say Akash Singh had detained Sunil Kumar over an alleged theft when the suspect broke free and tried to board the moving train, leading to a struggle and the fall.
- Singh received first aid at Gonda Medical College and is now in intensive care at Lucknow Trauma Centre, where doctors say reattachment is unlikely and prosthetic limbs will be needed.
- Sunil Kumar has been arrested and is under treatment, investigators are reviewing CCTV footage, and police have registered a case that includes escaping from custody.
- Singh is a 2018-batch officer from Mau district and his family has reached Lucknow, and GRP leaders have asked colleagues to donate a day’s pay as the force weighs safety steps near active platforms.