ALUVA: A photography student met a tragic end after he slipped between the platform and the train at Aluva railway station. The deceased has been identified as Jibin Philip (21) of Vaddakekara house in Alappuzha's Aryadu. The accident took place yesterday morning at 8.30 on the third platform.

He was going to Thrissur with two friends in Ernad Express. After getting down at Aluva station to buy water from a shop on the platform, the train started moving. He tried to enter the moving train when the accident occured and he lost his foot. Jibin was immediately rushed to the RPF hospital with injuries all over his body, but his life could not be saved.

He joined the photography course two days before at Pixel Tools in Ernakulam Kalur.

The body was handed over to the relatives after post-mortem at Aluva District Hospital. Funeral will be held today at 3 pm at St. Mary's Church Cemetery, Alappuzha. Mother: Margaret. Sister: Jissy.