Bengaluru: Youth ends life by grabbing live wire
TNN | Updated: Mar 30, 2019, 07:02 IST
Representative imageBENGALURU: A youth committed suicide by climbing atop a train engine parked on the stabling line and latching on to the live overhead wire providing power to the locomotive at Cantonment railway station on Friday.
Railway police said the incident took place around 12.30pm and efforts are on to identify the deceased.
According to police, hundreds of passengers at the station heard a loud sound and turned in that direction only to see a man in flames clinging to the overhead power line. In no time the youth was charred to death.
Power supply was disconnected to the overhead lines to bring down the body, which was shifted to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar. “The body and clothes, including belongings in the person’s pockets, have been completely charred; his shoes have been partly burnt. We found nothing at the spot to help us identify the youth,” Cantonment railway police said.
Police said there were no CCTV cameras facing the parked train engine. They are verifying CCTV footage at the entrance and platforms to identify the victim. “We are trying to trace the victim’s identity and his parents/relatives to help us ascertain what exactly led him to take the extreme step,” a police officer said.
No disruption in service
South Western Railway officials said the incident did not disrupt train schedules as it happened on a stabling line, where trains are taken for maintenance, and not the main line.
Railway police said the incident took place around 12.30pm and efforts are on to identify the deceased.
According to police, hundreds of passengers at the station heard a loud sound and turned in that direction only to see a man in flames clinging to the overhead power line. In no time the youth was charred to death.
Power supply was disconnected to the overhead lines to bring down the body, which was shifted to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar. “The body and clothes, including belongings in the person’s pockets, have been completely charred; his shoes have been partly burnt. We found nothing at the spot to help us identify the youth,” Cantonment railway police said.
Police said there were no CCTV cameras facing the parked train engine. They are verifying CCTV footage at the entrance and platforms to identify the victim. “We are trying to trace the victim’s identity and his parents/relatives to help us ascertain what exactly led him to take the extreme step,” a police officer said.
No disruption in service
South Western Railway officials said the incident did not disrupt train schedules as it happened on a stabling line, where trains are taken for maintenance, and not the main line.
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