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Guard Tosses Bribe-less Boy Off Indian Train

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

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(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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UrUndertaker
Sep 13, 09 10:08 AM CDT
Sounds like a typical Republican guard to be honest, damn shame about the boy, this should leave him with love in his heart toward the "upper class" thats for damn sure Reply
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Mad
Sep 13, 09 10:19 AM CDT
What a stupid thing to say
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2-bits
Sep 13, 09 12:01 PM CDT
It's not a class thing. Bribes will get you everywhere in India. Hell, a bribe got someone I know her Indian drivers license even though she hit other cars while parallel parking. I kid you not. I imagine she would have had to pay a bribe even if she hadn't, though.
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Collusive
Sep 13, 09 4:44 PM CDT
god undertaker, you're fucking insufferable. india doesn't have a republican guard, and police corruption has nothing at all to do with the upper class. you give liberals a bad name.
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Spudsy
Sep 13, 09 8:00 PM 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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