Ludhiana, Dec. 15 -- A three-year-old toddler had a miraculous escape after his father threw him in front of a running train near the Ludhiana junction here late Friday evening.

According to police, the father, a native of Uttar Pradesh, suspected his wife of cheating on him and believed that the son was not his.

He threw the child in front of a goods train coming from Morinda as it was about to enter the station around 9 pm on Friday. Loco pilot Vishal Arora, who was on the wheel at that time, saw him throw the baby and pulled the emergency brakes immediately.

Even as the engine and three bogies had already crossed over the baby by the time the train came to a halt, the baby only sustained minor injuries as he had landed in the middle...