Akola, Sept. 16 -- A 50-year-old man was seriously injured after getting trapped under a train at Murtijapur railway station in Maharashtra's Akola district, Railway Police said today.

The incident occurred around 4.20 pm yesterday when the victim, Mushtaq Khan Moin Khan, was alighting from the Pune-Amravati train on platform number 2. He lost his balance, slipped, and got caught under the train.

Railway Police, assisted by a local rescue team, used a gas cutter to remove the train's footboard and successfully extricate him.

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