Bengaluru: Man’s head stuck in train engine during 3-hour journey
Rajiv Kalkod | TNN | Jan 29, 2019, 06:52 IST
BENGALURU: Staff inspecting the engine of a freight train at Birur Junction in Chikkamagaluru district on Sunday morning were shocked out of their wits after what they saw — the decapitated head of a man stuck between huge springs in the engine underbelly.
The staff were checking the engine after the locopilot complained that the wheels were dragging a bit. The inspection team soon alerted seniors, including Arsikere railway inspector TS Nayak. The train was ferrying department cargo.
“We shifted the head to Birur government hospital and flashed the news across all control rooms of railway police as well as law and order police stations. Soon, we received a call from Ranebennur railway officials, who were looking for the missing head of a man who allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a speeding train on Friday midnight,” railway police said.
Soon, railway officials from both the stations exchanged pictures of the head. “After a couple of hours, a bereaved family identified the man. After completing legal formalities, we handed over the head to the family members who had come all the way to Birur from Challagere in Ranebennur,” railway police said.
Kumar Parashappa Talavar, 31, was a resident of Challagere and assistant cook at a dhaba located along National Highway 48.
Investigation revealed that Talavar, a bachelor, had jumped before the train near Challagere. “The locopilot noticed a man lying on the track but the train ran over him before he could stop it. The torso was recovered next to the track but there was no trace of the head,” railway officials from Ranebennur said.
“The engine had covered a distance of 110km between Ranebennur and Birur Junction with the head stuck in the springs. It didn’t separate during the three-hour journey,” railway police said.
On Saturday, family members of Talavar had buried the body without the head. “After receiving it, the family disinterred the grave and buried it with the body,” sources said.
The staff were checking the engine after the locopilot complained that the wheels were dragging a bit. The inspection team soon alerted seniors, including Arsikere railway inspector TS Nayak. The train was ferrying department cargo.
“We shifted the head to Birur government hospital and flashed the news across all control rooms of railway police as well as law and order police stations. Soon, we received a call from Ranebennur railway officials, who were looking for the missing head of a man who allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a speeding train on Friday midnight,” railway police said.
Soon, railway officials from both the stations exchanged pictures of the head. “After a couple of hours, a bereaved family identified the man. After completing legal formalities, we handed over the head to the family members who had come all the way to Birur from Challagere in Ranebennur,” railway police said.
Kumar Parashappa Talavar, 31, was a resident of Challagere and assistant cook at a dhaba located along National Highway 48.
Investigation revealed that Talavar, a bachelor, had jumped before the train near Challagere. “The locopilot noticed a man lying on the track but the train ran over him before he could stop it. The torso was recovered next to the track but there was no trace of the head,” railway officials from Ranebennur said.
“The engine had covered a distance of 110km between Ranebennur and Birur Junction with the head stuck in the springs. It didn’t separate during the three-hour journey,” railway police said.
On Saturday, family members of Talavar had buried the body without the head. “After receiving it, the family disinterred the grave and buried it with the body,” sources said.
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