A man died after being run over by a Nepal Railways train at Baidahi Railway Station in Janakpur on Wednesday.

According to the police, Puran Sada, 34, of Raghopur in Nagarain Municipality of Dhanusa district died after he came under the train while trying to board the locomotive from the railway station.

Armed Police Force Deputy Superintendent Prakash Subedi informed that Sada, while trying to board the moving train, slipped and fell into the tracks at 9:20 am.

The train heading towards Janakpur from Jayanagar, had stopped at the station to board passengers.

“Preparations are underway to take the victim’s body for a postmortem in Janakpur,” said Subedi.

The train involved in the incident reached Janakpur and has returned back to Jayanagar.