Thrissur: In a tragic incident a TTE was killed as he was pushed out of the moving train by a passenger on Tuesday around 7 pm. According to railway police, the person who died in the mishap was EK Vinod of Ernakulam. A guest worker from Odisha has been arrested in connection with the incident. Railway police has apprehended Rajnikant of Odisha from Palakkad.

The incident took place around 7 pm at Velappaya near Thrissur in Ernakulam-Patna Express. According to the eyewitnesses, an altercation ensued between Vinod and Rajnikanta inside the S11 coach as Rajnikant was travelling without proper reservation.  

There were some guest workers inside the S 11 coach travelling without reservation. As Vinod questioned them an altercation followed. When Vinod was questioning Rajnikant who was standing near the door and in an inebriated state, he was kicked out of the train by Rajnikant. It is also said that another train coming from the opposite direction had hit Vinod when he fell outside. 

Rajnikanta was arrested by the police at Palakkad as other passengers informed the police about the incident.