<p>The man, identified as Bhagwan, slipped between the footboard of one of the coaches and the platform and came under the wheels of the Indore-bound Rajdhani Express, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police B.S. Gurjar said.<br /><br />The incident took place around 9.30 p.m. Wednesday.Fellow passengers who raised the alarm said the railways failed to provide immediate medical help, a point confirmed by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.<br /><br />"Railway stations lag behind in providing minimum medical facilities which should be available at every station," Trivedi told reporters, describing the death as a "sad incident".<br />Gurjar said the man was so badly mangled -- and barely alive -- that officials had to rip apart the footboard of the coach with gas cutters and also break a portion of the platform to take him out.<br /><br />By then, he had bled profusely. The man was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) eight-10 km away where he succumbed to injuries.<br /><br />Minister Trivedi blamed indiscipline for the tragedy."There is very little discipline in India. At a lot of places, the manned level crossing is closed but many railway karamcharis (workers) and public open it and walk across the tracks and get hit by trains," he said.</p>
<p>The man, identified as Bhagwan, slipped between the footboard of one of the coaches and the platform and came under the wheels of the Indore-bound Rajdhani Express, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police B.S. Gurjar said.<br /><br />The incident took place around 9.30 p.m. Wednesday.Fellow passengers who raised the alarm said the railways failed to provide immediate medical help, a point confirmed by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi.<br /><br />"Railway stations lag behind in providing minimum medical facilities which should be available at every station," Trivedi told reporters, describing the death as a "sad incident".<br />Gurjar said the man was so badly mangled -- and barely alive -- that officials had to rip apart the footboard of the coach with gas cutters and also break a portion of the platform to take him out.<br /><br />By then, he had bled profusely. The man was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) eight-10 km away where he succumbed to injuries.<br /><br />Minister Trivedi blamed indiscipline for the tragedy."There is very little discipline in India. At a lot of places, the manned level crossing is closed but many railway karamcharis (workers) and public open it and walk across the tracks and get hit by trains," he said.</p>