Two persons met a scary death when they were run over by a train in Doilwala area of city on late Saturday night. The duo was reportedly consuming liquor on the railway track.
Though the accident occurred on late Saturday night, it came into notice in the wee hours of Monday when local people saw the pieces of the bodies in the track in Harrawala area. The police post of Harrawala which is under the jurisdiction of Doilwala police station was informed that bodies of two persons are lying on the rail track. On the information, a police team led by Sub Inspector (SI) Brijpal Singh reached the spot.
The police informed that the dead were Sagar, son of Ram Singh, resident of Srinagar Pauri, Garhwal and Prem Thapa, son of Sher Singh Thapa, resident of Dang Tulsipur. Sagar was at present residing on a rent in the house of Shiv Prasad of Kuwanwala while Prem Thapa was residing in Kandolia Pauri Garhwal for some time.
The dead were identified by Shiv Prasad Thapa, son of Ram Singh Thapa resident of Ratan Wedding point, Kuwanwala, Dehradun. Both of them worked at the wedding point.
The police team also recovered a bottle of liquor and some packets of namkeen which gives impression that both were consuming alcohol on the track and due to inebriated condition could not get away from the track when the train approached them.
The police have informed the relatives of the deceased after doing the process of panchnama.