HYDERABAD: A home guard and his two teenaged sons committed suicide by jumping in front of a train in Khammam district of Telangana on Saturday, police said.

The bodies of Kashi Vishwanath, 40, and his sons Jayant, 13, and Ajay Kumar, 12, were found on the railway track near Venkatagiri Gate in Khammam town.

Vishwanath was working as home guard in Kothagudem town of Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

Preliminary investigations by the police revealed that the home guard along with his sons resorted to the extreme step due to financial problem.

A police officer said they have registered a case and took up further investigation.

CAR FALLS INTO GORGE

Three persons were killed and as many injured after a car they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag, police said on Saturday.

The accident occurred near Talla Mahad village on the Rudraprayag-Chaupada road late on Friday.

According to information available, Uttar Pradesh resident Shivam Chowdhary (22) was working as a contractor on a project there. After wrapping up work on Friday, he was driving to his location when some youths asked for a lift.

The driver of the vehicle, while negotiating a steep turn a little distance from the village, lost control and the vehicle fell into a gorge.

The deceased have been identified as Chowdhary, Saurabh Prasad (22) and Vimal Prasad (20). The injured have been admitted to a medical facility and have been identified as Anshul Negi (28), Ashish (17) and Aman Prasad (16).

Indo-Asian News Service