Burhanpur: A youth, who climbed atop a train at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh's Burhanpur district, suffered burn injuries after coming in contact with a high-voltage power cable, railway officials said on Friday.
A video of the entire incident, which took place on Thursday night, has also gone viral on social media. The Pawan Express had halted at Lalbagh station when a youth suddenly climbed on top of a compartment. As soon as the man was seen walking on train's top, some passengers rushed towards him in panic, asking him to get down while few started recording the act with their mobile phones.
During this, the youth caught hold of the high-voltage power cable of the Over Head Equipment-Cantilever passing over the train, and immediately a fire broke out. He suffered an electric shock and fell from the train, with severe burn injuries.