A call was received about the passengers falling sick, the police said (Representational)
Two passengers died and six fell sick on board the Patna-Kota Express train on Sunday, officials said. It was not immediately known what led to their deaths.
They were part of a group of 90 passengers from Raipur in Chhattisgarh. Five of the six people were undergoing treatment at a railway hospital in Agra while the sixth was admitted to the SN Medical College.
"A call was received on the railway helpline number about the passengers falling sick. They were travelling in an AC coach. A woman aged about 62 years and a man aged nearly 65 were declared dead by the doctor at the Agra Cantt Railway Station," North Central Railway PRO in Agra Division Prashasti Srivastava told news agency PTI.
Five passengers from the same group are being treated at hospitals, she said, adding that the cause of death is not known yet.
Asked if it was a case of food poisoning or dehydration, she said, "It will be known after the autopsy."
On whether they were given poison-laced sweets by a criminal gang known as "zeher khurani", she said there was no such complaint.
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