LUCKNOW, Jan 23: Five people were killed on Sunday after being hurled out of a stationary train compartment by Indian soldiers directly onto the path of another speeding train in northern India, police said.

Two soldiers from the Rajputana Rifles and two personnel from the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) were arrested in connection with the incident at Shikohabad Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh state, police said.

"Some passengers entered a compartment of the stationary Farakka Express occupied by soldiers from the Rajputana Rifles and BSF. After an altercation, the jawans allegedly threw six people out of the train," said local police chief Ram Kumar.

"Four men and one woman were run over by the Sampoorn Kranti express as they landed on the adjoining railway track. One person is in hospital. We will get an eyewitness account from him," he added. -AFP