News and pics: Stephan Kayyar

Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (EP)

Kasargod, Oct 8: In a tragic accident, a college student has died after falling from a running train at Kumble. The incident has occurred on Tuesday evening, October 7 and the dead body was found on Wednesday morning, October 8.

The deceased is identified as Ahmed Shabeeb(20), a resident of Shifa Land near Korakkodu Bilal Masjid. He was a student of first year of Interior designing at Sridevi College in Mangalore. His dead body was found in a bush near Kumble bridge. The incident has occurred on Tuesday evening at about 4.30 pm when he accidentally fell from the train when he was returning to Kasargod from Mangalore in Chennai Mail along with his companions.

Shabeeb had gone to wash face when the train reached Uppala. When he did not return even after long time, his friends started searching for him. Meanwhile a passenger told that he has seen a person falling down from the train. The train had reached Kasargod then.

His friends and companions got down at Kasargod and searched for him on railway tracks. Police and fire brigade were also informed. The search was conducted in railway tracks of Kumble, Shiriya, Muttam and Peruvad and nearby bushes besides lakes in Kumble, Shiriya and Mogral.

Nearly 300 locals, police and fire brigade staff indulged in search operations. The search continued till 4 am.

Meanwhile a local fisherman had seen the dead body in between the bushes at 6.30 am and had informed the police. The police
lifted the body up and took it for postmortem to Kasargod general hospital. It is said that there were serious marks of
injury on his head and body.

Shabeeb had gone to the college on Tuesday after holidays celebrating Bakrid feast. He is son of K A Mohammed Shareef Valleyball and C H Balkis. He has brothers and sisters named Shaheem, Suraipa, Salina, Shahas and Shasim.