In the morning, GRP records the death as an accidental one. But eye-witnesses have another story to tell.

According to them, four GRP men took Rajesh Kumar Yadav, wearing khakhi trousers and a vest, to their office with his luggage. They beat him up. Sometime later, Yadav ran away from custody and jumped the tracks to reach platforms 2 and 3. About four people in plainclothes chased him.

Yadav ran between the tracks between platform nos 3 and 4 and crossed a standing train. When the men chasing him were about to catch hold of him, Yadav fell on track no 9 of the yard and immediately after that a goods train coming on it ran over him.

The GRP men immediately turned back and went to their office. Yadav's body, in two parts, was left there till 6 a.m., by which time three more trains ran over him.

According to J.J. Mewada, police inspector, GRP, the matter was reported to his office at 6:05 a.m. on phone by assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Narvashsinh Jitabhai from the yard. It was said that a man's body was lying between platform 2 and 4, with the luggage beside his body.

The police station officer, Prabhatsinh, ASI, registers the case (No. 111/98) as accidental death under CrPC 174 and deputes B.R. Maachi, sub-inspector, to inquire into the death. An identity card was found on Yadav's person and the RPF office here was informed of the matter. The body was sent for post-mortem to Civil Hospital.

According to sources, one Meena, ASI, RPF, Jodhpur Division, was also travelling with Yadav, but both of them were in different coaches of the train. Not knowing about the incident, when Meena reached Jodhpur, he was told that Yadav had not returned. He rushed back to Ahmedabad where the two were supposed to change trains.

After coming here, Meena learnt about the incident and went to the Hospital and recognised the body. On reporting the matter to the Jodhpur office, a team of four RPF men were sent to Ahmedabad to receive the body. The body was taken by Delhi Mail on December 10 for Yadav's native place in Rewari.

When contacted, S.K. Mishra, assistant security commissioner, RPF, Ahmedabad, said he had reported the matter to M.S. Vyas, ASC, RPF, Jodhpur. He said the department would extend all help to RPF's Jodhpur Division, falling under Northern Railway, if it institutes an inquiry into the incident. Meanwhile, all efforts to contact Vyas was futile.