A 10-month-old baby suffering from fever and breathing difficulties died untreated on a Shramik Special train in western Uttar Pradesh.
According to a report by The Telegraph, the family alleged that the railways did not arrange for a doctor despite their repeated pleas.
The baby's maternal grandfather told The Telegraph that by the time a doctor was available at Tundla station, the baby had died.
The railways also dragged the family to a quarantine facility claiming that the baby died of COVID-19. That matter did not come to light for two days.
It was only two days later another person in a quarantine facility intimated journalists about the mother's condition worsening?and the matter was reported.
In another incident, a 46-year-old migrant worker aboard the Shramik Express train died on Saturday, allegedly because of hunger, The Tribune reported. His nephew, who was accompanying him, said that the victim had not eaten anything in the last 60 hours.
Raveesh Yadav said they had boarded the train from Mumbai to travel to their native place in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh and there was no food or water provided on the train.
Yadav and his uncle were working as construction workers in Mumbai.