PRAYAGRAJ, April 2 -- : A 28-year-old train vendor died after he was allegedly pushed off a moving Intercity train by a youth for refusing to give him a cigarette, officials said on Wednesday. The victim, Rahul Chaurasia, resided in Fatehpur. He earned his living by selling roasted gram on trains.

According to officials, Rahul had boarded the Kanpur-Chitrakoot Intercity from Fatehpur. At around 9.30 am, near Manouri railway station, a youth asked him for a cigarette. When Rahul refused, the youth allegedly abused him and pushed him out of the moving train.

He fell near Chillashahbazi village under Charwa police station limits and suffered serious injuries. Local people informed the Railway Protection Force, which took him to a Community...