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"We have been holding campaigns and appealing to commuters to avoid using a mobile or ear phones while crossing tracks," the official said. We loved him for his simplicity," Ajay Krishna Bhattacharjee, a neighbour, told TOI. "Around 10.15am, the boy, with a bag on his back and ear phones plugged in, got onto the tracks despite the gate at the level crossing being down. According to witnesses, in spite of the level-crossing gate being down, the youngster, Soham Maitra, walked onto the tracks, with his earphones plugged in. The railway police removed the body around 11.30am," another resident said.Ashesh Biswas, superintendent of railway police, Sealdah, however, told TOI, "Being busy on mobile while crossing the tracks could have led to the accident..