SRK By Rail: Throngs of fans of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan went berserk when he arrived at the Vadodara railway station last night by August Kranti Rajdhani Express for the promotion of his upcoming file Raees in which one person was killed and two policemen were injured.
The incident occurred around 10.30 when the train halt for a few minutes
Railway police said “at around 10.30 PM the train arrived at platform number six of the station and halted for 10 minutes, Shah Rukh fans had amassed in a large number to have glance of Khan who had on board the train from Mumbai and going to Delhi as part of the promotional campaign for his film”
They said the crow went out of control when the train halted and began banging its window panes and even falling on top of each other. Seeing uncontrollable crowd, police had to resort to mild lathi-charge to control the crowd.
As the train started to leave the station, people started running along with it. Due to a throng of people, one person died of breathlessness and two policemen posted there to control the throng were injured, they said.
Local authorities said that the deceased has been identified as Farheed khan Pathan, a local politician.
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