India, May 11 -- A 42-year-old passenger travelling on the Kolkata-Jammu Tawi Express was shot dead by an unidentified assailant inside the train's S-2 coach in the early hours of Monday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Dinesh Shah, a resident of the Barchaki area in Pipariya in Bihar's Gaya district. He was travelling to Naimisharanya Dham in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district on board train number 13151, police said.

According to officials, Shah was travelling in the S-2 coach, while his sister, her two children and her mother-in-law were travelling in the general compartment of the same train.

Police said the incident took place around 1.40am, shortly after the train crossed Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Junction.

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