Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Sep 16: A man was killed by a running train at Modankap in Bantwal police station limits.
The deceased is Mundadi resident Pravin Poojary (40). He was mentally unstable and it is suspected that he might have been walking by the side of the railway tracks. It is said that he was hit hard on his head by the train passing by and he died due to loss of blood. His body was found in the shrubs nearby.
The local residents who found him alerted the Bantwal police station.
Town station SI Avinash visited the spot, identified him and informed the railway department.