Sultanpur/Pratapgarh (UP), Jan 20 : In a bizarre incident, around 200 people fell off the roof of a running train on Monday night in Uttar Pradesh. They were swept off by a tree branch.
Around 800 people were sitting atop the Saryu Express, which plies between Allahabad and Faizabad, when they were swept off by near Sultanpur.
The victim, all young men, were going from Allahabad for an Army recruitment drive. They were forced to ride on the train''s roof as there was no space inside the train.