A 64-year-old retired railway employee committed suicide by jumping in front of speeding train near Gaur Marriage Garden under Chola Mandir police station area on Sunday; reason of the suicide is under investigation.
Police were informed after a man was found dead at railway tracks in the afternoon on Sunday and on the receipt a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
In the initial investigation police have not found any thing which could help in establishing the identity of the deceased. Later in the investigation deceased was identified as Puranlal of Khajanchi Bagh and was a retired railway employee.
After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and have started further investigation.
Investigation Officer SI Dewan Singh said that the reason of the suicide remained unclear as the statements of the family members are yet to be recorded. Suicide note was not recovered which could help in revealing the reason of the deceased taking the extreme step.
The deceased committed suicide at around 2 in the afternoon and soon after the information was received a team rushed to the spot and started investigation. After been hit by the speeding train deceased died on the spot.
Locals rushed to the spot and later his identity was established. Deceased was suffering from diseased or faced any dispute in the family could not be ascertained and would be revealed in the further investigation.