A 22-year-old student was found dead near railway tracks under Sukhi Sewania police station area in the wee hours on Thursday.
According to the police, a youth was found in an unconscious state and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. Police were informed and on the receipt of the information a police team was rushed to the spot and started investigation.
The deceased was identified as Sankalp Singh, who hailed from Katni and was pursuing engineering from a private college. He was first year student and used to live in hostel in MP Nagar.
In the initial investigation, the deceased was identified from the identity card recovered at the spot. After the preliminary investigation, the body was sent for the post-mortem and a case under section 174 of CrPC was registered by the police.
Police said that the reason behind the death has to be investigated. It was an accident or the deceased commit suicide could not be ascertained at the moment and would be investigated in the further investigation.
Meanwhile a 28-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging with the ceiling at Vajpayee Nagar under Shahjehanabad police station area on Wednesday. The deceased Raju Chilam was found hanging and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
On Wednesday afternoon after the deceased returned from district court and committed suicide. Police found that the deceased tried to commit suicide earlier too, but failed in his attempt. He was not in a mentally sound, police said.