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Three persons, including a one-year-old child and a woman, were found dead on the tracks near the Elathur railway station in Kozhikode..
The incident comes after a man allegedly set afire a co-passenger and injured eight others on board an express train..
A senior police official from the district told PTI that the bodies of a woman, a child and a man were recovered from the tracks late Sunday night...
As per the reports, accused had poured petrol over a woman and set her afire, after a clash with some passengers, including the woman.. The culprit escaped soon after the incident, while the injured were shifted to hospitals after passengers pulled the emergency chain...
The names of the other injured were not available at the present.. A total of nine persons have been admitted to various hospitals, including the Kozhikode Medical College, for treatment Further details are awaited...
