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Guard Tosses Bribe-less Boy Off Indian Train

Teen who lacked cash loses a leg in fall, officer charged

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 13, 2009 10:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – A guard tossed a teenage boy off a train in India apparently because the boy lacked the cash to bribe him, CNN reports. The 13-year-old, who reportedly couldn’t pay the bribe necessary to sell his wares on the train, had to have his leg amputated after the fall. The guard is in jail on charges including attempted murder.

A guard reportedly threw a teen off a train in India when the boy lacked money to bribe him.
A guard reportedly threw a teen off a train in India when the boy lacked money to bribe him.   (Shutterstock)
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sailor86
Sep 14, 2009 12:52 PM CDT
How much for them to call me "O holiest of all cattle".
riffran
Sep 14, 2009 10:57 AM CDT
what is scary, is that it is a common practice in India for the on-board toilets to *ahem* flush directly onto the tracks, add that equasion to a mangled leg....Poor kid....That gaurd is a monster..a 13 year old kid...sheesh
Spudsy
Sep 14, 2009 1:00 AM CDT
Geez UrU, sure the Republicans will send other people's kids off to die in Iraq for Halliburton money and they would gladly deny health care and food to the poor, I don't think they are so callous as to throw a kid off of a train.

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