In a freak accident, body of a security officer of Vidhan Sabha/ State Secretariat Surendra Singh Dev was found lying on Dehradun-Haridwar railway track in Badripur on Thursday morning. Singh was at present posted in Vidhan Sabha security.
The in-charge of the Nehru Colony Police station V S Gusain told The Pioneer that Singh had attended a party in Navada Heights thrown by one of his relative on Wednesday night and was under influence of alcohol.
On late night he proceeded to return home but probably got strayed from the path and went on the rail way line. His body was spotted by the railway men in wee hours of Thursday who reported the matter to the police.
The deceased was a resident of the MDDA colony and was a native of lohaghat in Champawat district. The police sent the body for post mortem and has ruled out any foul play in the incident.