Two senior Railway personnel were found dead at different places in Mysuru division of South Western Railway, on Wednesday. In the first incident Prabhu, 45, a senior section engineer in the mechanical department was found run over by a train at Mysuru station and the police suspect it to be a case of unnatural death.
The incident took place around 1.30 p.m. when the Mysuru-Bagalkot Express was departing from platform number 6. The victim was a native of Chikkajajur in Chitradurga district and was working in Mysuru for 20 years. A resident of Gokulam in the city, Prabhu was a bachelor, and is survived by his mother and two sisters. The Railway police have registered a case and are investigating.
In the second incident, the body of Arun Kumar Amar, 42, who was station master at Anandapuram in Shivamogga district, was found under a train at Kumsi station.
He was from Bihar and had nine years of experience. Sources said he was to be relieved in due course at his request upon his selection for a government job in his home State.
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