AGRA, June 5 -- A 38-year-old physically challenged wheelchair cricketer died while travelling on the Chattisgarh express before reaching Mathura junction on Wednesday. He was on his way from Ludhiana to Gwalior to participate in a wheelchair cricket tournament. The cricketer was travelling in the Divyang coach (reserved for persons with disabilities) and had reportedly complained of a headache and uneasiness through the railway helpline prior to his death.

Players travelling with Vikram alleged that no assistance was provided by the railway authorities even three and a half hours after lodging complaint on the 139 helpline on Wednesday morning. Although a doctor was arranged at Mathura, the player had already died by the time the train ...