Aurangabad: At least16 migrant workers killed by train hit in Maharashtra. The incident occurred in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The train went through the bodies of people who slept on the railway tracks. The villagers of Bhujwal in Madhya Pradesh was killed.
The accident happened around 6.15 am today. The railway security guards and the police reached the spot and rescued them.
The people were returning home from Maharashtra, about 170 km from their home after losing their jobs following a lockdown. The accident occurred on the railway track under the Karmat police station in Aurangabad. The police said that they were steelworkers in Jalna.
Following the lockdown, a large number of migrant workers from the northern states returned to the villages on foot.
