Now,athlete hits back at railway police

“Examinations for the ITBP and Assam Rifles require a separate entrance form,which I never filled. I had applied for a joint entrance for admission to the CRPF,CISF and the BSF and I was making the trip to see my centre. I have the receipt of my courier of the filled application form,” Sonu told The Indian Express over the telephone.

She said she also wanted to get her birth certificate corrected.

After a fortnight of investigations into the incident,AK Jain,ADG Railways,had claimed that her story could not be corroborated with evidence,and she appeared to have tried to commit suicide or met with an accident.

Sonu is being treated at the AIIMS Trauma Centre for pelvic and vertebral fractures,and broken bones in her right leg.

The police also said she appeared to have visited her husband Robin Chitravanshi before she boarded the train,while she claimed she was in her sister and brother-in-law’s house in Lucknow.

According to Chitravanshi’s statement to the police,Sonu had come to apologise and resolve their differences.

Rlys deposits interim compensation

The railways has deposited Rs 5 lakh with the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court as interim compensation for Arunima Sinha.

A bench of Chief Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello and Justice Devendra Kumar Arora had on April 20 directed the Northern Railway General Manager to deposit the amount as interim compensation within seven days.

Northern Railway chief PRO Manish Tiwari on Wednesday confirmed that the money had been deposited.