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New Delhi: Railways is likely to name one of the new trains announced by Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal after the Delhi gangrape victim.
According to sources, the railway ministry could make a formal announcement soon that the Chhapra-Anand Vihar Express (weekly) will be named either ‘Nirbhaya’ or ‘Beti’ after the girl. The train will pass through Ballia, which is the hometown of the girl, they said.
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Railways had received representations from the local leaders in Ballia for a train connecting the national capital to their town and naming it after the girl.Reuters[/caption]
The 23-year-old paramedical student was raped and brutally assaulted by six persons in a moving bus here on December 16 last year. She was admitted to a Singapore hospital where she passed away on December 29.
Bansal, while replying to railway debate in Parliament on Tuesday announced introduction of 19 more trains, including the Chhapra-Anand Vihar Express.
Sources said railways had received representations from the local leaders in Ballia for a train connecting the national capital to their town and naming it after the girl.
PTI