A 34-year-old man was found dead, apparently after being hit by a train near the Kasaragod railway station on Friday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Arul Raj, a native of Tamil Nadu.
According to the police, Raj may have been hit by a goods train that had left for Mangalore around 5 a.m.
Raj, a labourer, was staying with his friends in a rented house in Pallath. He had left the room on Thursday night saying that he was going to Kannur. The police are investigating the case.