The body of a four-year-old boy was found in a garbage bin kept inside the toilet of an express train at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) in Mumbai early on Saturday, officials said, reported the PTI.

The body was found in an air-conditioned coach of Kushinagar Express (22537) that runs daily between Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and the LTT station in Kurla.

A public relations officer of the Central Railway the cleaning staff found the body of the boy in one of the toilets of B2 coach of the express around 6 am during the sanitation process.

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) immediately contacted the Government Railway Police (GRP) about the recovery of the body and a complaint was lodged, he said.

“The GRP is carrying out an investigation into the matter. The RPF has filed a complaint after the recovery of the body,” he said, according to the PTI.

Kushinagar Express train is one of the popular trains connecting North India from Mumbai.

Six-year-old boy drowns in open water tank at housing complex in Maharashtra`s Palghar

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a six-year-old boy drowned after he fell into an open water tank at a housing complex in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, police said on Saturday, as per the PTI.

The incident occurred in the Shaligram locality of Umroli in Palghar on Thursday, an official said.

According to the police, the boy was playing outside his house when he accidentally slipped and fell into the open water tank. Victim`s parents raised an alarm after he could not be found.

The police was informed and a complaint was lodged in the matter, the official said, adding that after the police was informed regarding the matter, a team of  police officials rushed to the spot and began a search for the boy, reported the PTI.

An official said that the child`s dead body was found in the water tank on Friday and was later fished out by locals and firefighters.

The police has registered a case of accidental death (ADR) in the matter and is further investigating, the official said.

(with PTI inputs)

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