Mother, daughter fall off train to catch thief, die

Two women died when they fell off a running train in an attempt to catch a thief, near Vrindavan Road railway station, on Saturday.

According to the railway police, the two women -- Meena, 40, and Manisha, 21, of Durgapur -- were travelling in the weekly Nizamuddin-Thiruvanantapuram express, when a bag snatcher ran away with the purse. 

They tried to chase him and fell off the train. They were rushed to a Mathura hospital, but succumbed to injuries. Meena's son Akash received injuries in the accident. IANS