Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Mar 19: A 39-year-old man died after being run over by a goods train near Nanke Chak in Samba district today, police said.
It is yet to be ascertained if the victim committed suicide or was hit by the goods trains while crossing the railway tracks, they said.
The deceased has been identified as Dalbir Singh, a resident of Chandli Sumb village, based on an identity card found on him, the police said.
Singh’s body was found by a patrolling party of the Government Railway Police near Nanak Chak around 6.30 am, they said.
The body has been sent for post mortem to District Hospital Samba and a case has been registered, they added. The deceased was owner of a mini bus and used to drive his vehicle on Samba Sumb route.
After the autopsy the body was handed over to family for last rites by police.
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