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JHANSI: The Government Railway Police (GRP) at Mahoba has lodged FIR against an unidentified Railway Protection Force ( RPF ) squad for allegedly throwing a 22-year-old engineer off a moving train on Thursday resulting in his death.

Rahul Singh's family has alleged in the FIR that he was pushed out when he tried to film RPF constables extorting money from vendors. Singh, who was travelling from Delhi to Mukhari in Bihar on Chambal Express , was found on tracks in Mauranipur in Jhansi on Thursday afternoon with severe injuries.

He was rushed to a local hospital where he was declared brought dead.

On Friday, his family arrived at Mahoba and filed the FIR on the basis of information provided by co-passengers. GRP has started a probe and written to top RPF authorities for details of the squad travelling on the train.

The complaint filed by the family said Singh saw an eight-member RPF squad, including three woman constables, extorting money from illegal vendors in the coach, he started filming it act on his mobile phone. When the constables saw this, they allegedly thrashed Singh. When some passengers objected, they too were allegedly threatened with dire consequences by the RPF squad.

Later, the constables allegedly threw Singh off the running train.

His family has also alleged that his belongings, the mobile phone, a gold bracelet, chain and baggage are missing. The GRP, however, has recovered Rs 4,700 from his pocket.

SP GRP O P Singh said, "An FIR has been lodged against RPF squad on the complaint by the victim's family."

