Railway staff lynched in train for sexually assaulting 11-year-old passenger

A 34-year-old railway employee named Prashant Kumar was beaten to death by fellow passengers on a Humsafar Express train after allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl. The incident took place between Lucknow and Kanpur. Prashant had boarded the train with an unreserved ticket and was later assigned a side lower berth after being penalised by the ticket examiner.