CRPF jawan dies after being hit by goods train in UP's Etawah

He had come home on leave.

Representative image of a body.

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Etawah (UP): A 35-year-old CRPF jawan was killed after being hit by a goods train, a police official said on Saturday.

The incident happened around 7 pm on Friday, when Jabar Singh of Ali Khurd village was returning home from his farm, Barthana Station House Officer Devendra Singh said.

According to police, Singh worked in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and had come home on leave.

His body has been sent for postmortem, they added.