Cuttack, Feb. 22: A youth is battling for life at the SCB Medical College and Hospital after he fell off a running train near Khurda.
The youth, identified as Budhia Behera, 30, hails from Malgodown in the city.
The incident occurred around 4am near Khurda Road railway station when Behera was on his way to Puri in the Howrah—Yeshwantpur Express.
Behera has lost both his legs in the mishap and was shifted to the SCB after he was rescued by the Government Railway Police (GRP) officials who had initially admitted him to the railway hospital.
He was allegedly pushed off from one train and was run over by another.
“I had boarded the train around 3.15 in the morning. I was going to Puri when two persons pushed me from behind near Khurda Road railway station,” said Behera.
SCB authorities said that the youth had been brought to the hospital in a critical condition around 7am.
“The Khurda Railway Hospital had referred him here. Both his legs had to be amputated. Doctors of the casualty, orthopaedic and surgery departments are offering him the best possible treatment,” said SCB emergency officer B.N. Moharana.
However, railway officials said the youth was in an inebriated state and could have fallen off accidentally. A team had started probing how he fell off the train, said an official.
Railway superintendent Bhagyadhar Behera said the youth had criminal antecedents and was earlier arrested by the GRP in connection with several robbery cases. Preliminary investigations suggested he might have fallen off the train while trying to get off it.