A man and his 5-year-old daughter died after falling under a train while they were trying to board it in Rajasthan. The man lost his balance while getting on the train, according to the police. A 35–year-old man and his five-year-old daughter died after falling from a train at Abu Road station in Rajasthan's Sirohi district, police said on Sunday.

Bhimarao had arrived at Abu Road station with his wife and their twin children to catch a train to Falna in the state's Pali district, they said.

According to the police, Bhimarao lost his balance while boarding a crowded Sabarmati-Jodhpur passenger train and slipped under it with his daughter Monika.

The pair was taken to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, the police said.