"Three young boys died on the spot while two other from the same group sustained serious injury after they were knocked down by an express train while running on the railway track between Belur and Liluah railway station on the Howrah Bardhaman main line," an officer from Belur GRPS said.
According to police, the reason why the five friends were running on the track is still not confirmed.
"According to some eye witnesses, the boys were busy clicking selfie inside a train when one of them dropped the phone. The boys got down from the train at Belur station and were rushing back to the spot to find the phone when they were knocked down," the officer said.
The two injured are admitted to the nearby railway hospital, police said.
"We are on the process of confirming the names of these boys. The railway doctor would examine the bodies before writing the death certificates," the officer added.
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