Youth pushed to death over dispute in moving train, co-passenger arrested

KOZHIKODE: A co-passenger who pushed to death a youth in a moving train has been arrested. The arrested is Sonu Muthu (48) of Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu. The stranger to be around 30 years was found lying dead on the Anakulam railway track in between Koyilandy-Vadakara stations.

The incident happened Sunday night on Mangaluru-Thiruvananthapuram Malabar Express. The video of a dispute between Muthu and the youth has surfaced. Soon after the dispute, the accused pushed the youth from the train. Another passenger shot the video.

There was no previous acquaintance between the victim and the accused. A dispute over a video ended in the murder. The youth was found lying on the railway track on Sunday night. The body is in the mortuary of the medical college.