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Ex-Assam chief secretary dies after fall from Rajdhani

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Press Trust of India Alipurduar (WB)
Former chief secretary of Assam Dilip Kumar Chetia was killed after he fell from the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express here near Shamuktala station, the police here said.

Chetia was standing at the door of the moving train when he fell down near 172 pole near Shamuktala station yesterday, the ex-chief secretary's son, Hrisiraj Chetia, told reporters.

The body was identified by Chetia's son today at the Alipurduar District Hospital where the body was taken and a post mortem done later yesterday.

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First Published: Jul 13 2014 | 5:55 PM IST

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