New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) A total of 211 people died while travelling on rooftop of trains from April 2008 to June-end this year, parliament was informed Friday.

During the same period, a total of 252,104 people were prosecuted for rooftop travel, Minister of State for Railways Bharatsinh Solanki told the Rajya Sabha.

Northern Railway accounted for 126 of the total deaths, he said. Western Railway and North Western Railway accounted for 28 and 23 fatalities respectively.