Bhadohi (UP), Jan 11 (PTI) A 17-year-old boy died after being hit by a train in front of his house near Suraiyava station on Bhadohi-Janghai section of the Northern Railways, police said on Wednesday.

"The deceased, identified as Satish Kumar Yadav of Badlipur village, was taking a walk alongside the railway track near his house when he was hit by the Varanasi-Lucknow passenger train on Tuesday," Suryava police station in-charge Inspector Rakesh Kumar Singh said.

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The body has been sent for post-mortem, he added.

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