Mr Amar Kumar Rao was crushed

This is how the working class is being crushed with complete impunity in want of safety standards at workplace that had been won by hundreds of years of struggle by working class unions
“Mr Amar Kumar Rao was crushed by the moving engine and died on the spot during a shunting operation at Barauni Junction in Bihar’s Begusarai on Saturday.

He was working at the station under the Sonpur Railway Division. He was performing his duties on platform 5 of Barauni Junction, as the Lucknow-Barauni Express (No: 15204) arrived from Lucknow Junction. The accident occurred when Rao was attempting to open the coupling of the train. The train unexpectedly reversed, trapping him between the carriages.

After the alarm was raised by onlookers, the train driver reportedly exited the train and fled the scene, failing to reverse the engine or take any action to prevent the accident.” If this is the reality of the largest organised sector of the country, one shudders at life in the informal one.. From Dalit Voice on Twiiter