Coimbatore: A couple committed suicide by jumping in front of a train on Irugur--Coimbatore railway line in the early hours of Monday. The dead bodies were found scattered along the railway track.
The government railway police, Podanur, identified the deceased as G Praveenkumar, 31, of Thoppampatti Pirivu and Srividhya, 31, of Vadavalli. “They had fallen in love 10 years ago when they were studying in a private college at Singanallur. They were about to get married next month with the blessings of their family members.”
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Praveenkumar had quit his job with a call centre and invested money in the share market. “Srividhya too had invested lakhs of rupees in the share market. The couple had borrowed lakhs of rupees from various people and were not able to repay them, as they had incurred huge losses in the share market business,” an officer said.
On April 12, the two went missing from their houses. Their parents searched them in various places, but in vain. Srividhya’s parents lodged a complaint with the Vadavalli police, who registered a man missing case.
Meanwhile, the pair ended their lives by jumping in front of an express train. GRP inspector Vadivukarasi and team have sent the dead bodies to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem. The Podanur railway police have registered a case under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code and further investigation is on.