Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)
Kasargod, Oct 8: In a tragic accident, a college student died after falling from a moving train at Kumble on Tuesday October 7 evening. The body was found on the morning of Wednesday October 8.
The deceased has been identified as Ahmed Shabeeb (20), a resident of Shifa land near Korakkodu Bilal Masjid. His body was found in a bush near Kumble bridge.
He was a student of first year interior designing at Shree Devi College in Mangalore.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when he accidentally fell from the train while returning to Kasargod from Mangalore in Chennai Mail along with his friends.
It is said that Shabeeb had gone to wash his face when the train reached Uppala. When he did not return even after a long time, his friends started searching for him. It was then that a passenger told them that he had seen a person falling off from the train. The train had reached Kasargod by then.
His friends and some other passengers got down at Kasargod and searched for him on railway tracks. Police and fire brigade were also informed. The search was conducted in Kumble, Shiriya, Muttam and Peruvad railway tracks and nearby bushes and ponds in Kumble, Shiriya and Mogral.
Nearly 300 locals, police and fire brigade staff were involved in the search operations. The search continued till around 4 am.
Later, a local fisherman saw the body in some bushes and informed the police immediately. The police retrieved the body and sent it for post-mortem to Kasargod general hospital.
It is learnt that there were several injury marks on his head and body.
Shabeeb had gone to the college on Tuesday after celebrating Bakrid festival at home. He was the son of K A Mohammed Shareef Walibal and C H Balkis. Apart from parents, Shabeeb is survived by siblings Shaheem, Suraifa, Saleena, Shahas and Shasim.