TAXILA: A Rawalpindi-bound passenger train coming from Peshawar ran over a teenage boy near the Burhan Railway Station, within the jurisdiction of the Hassanabdal Police Station.

According to police and railway authorities, the victim was crossing the railway track when the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffer Express, travelling from Peshawar, ran over him. As a result, he died on the spot. His body was later shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Hassanabdal for medico-legal formalities.

Meanwhile, the Attock Police on Monday arrested a man who allegedly abducted a teenage girl, moved her to Dera Ghazi Khan, and sexually assaulted her under the pretext of marriage.

Published in Dawn, July 21st, 2026