AGRA: A youth met a tragic end after he was electrocuted from a railway electric wire. The incident took place in a train going from Kasganj to Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh. A man named Ashok was trying to get back his co-passenger's slipper after it was taken away by a monkey.

A monkey snatched the passenger's slipper from the train stopped on the platform. Then the monkey ran into the compartment of the train and then onto the top of the coach with this slipper. But when the passengers made noise, the monkey left the slipper and ran away. Later, the youth who climbed on top of the train to take the slipper was electrocuted. Hearing the screams of the passengers, the station master and others reached the spot. Although the connection was disconnected, the youth had already died.

The police and railway officials reached the spot and brought down the dead body. Station master Manoj Sharma said that the youth who climbed on top of the coach accidentally hit the electric wire. Railway has announced an inquiry into the incident.