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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Railway official run over by train suicide suspected - Caught on Camera

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.

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