A national fencing champion, Hoshiyar Singh, died on Thursday after he was allegedly thrown off a train by the railway police in Uttar Pradesh. Hoshiyar Singh, who won the bronze medal in an under-17 championship in 2005, was returning with his family from Mathura to his hometown Kasganj when the incident took place. He boarded the general coach after seating his mother and wife in the women's coach.
