Bengaluru: Youth ends life by grabbing live wire

Bengaluru | Saturday | 30th March, 2019

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We found nothing at the spot to help us identify the youth,” Cantonment railway police said.Police said there were no CCTV cameras facing the parked train engine. “The body and clothes, including belongings in the person’s pockets, have been completely charred; his shoes have been partly burnt. They are verifying CCTV footage at the entrance and platforms to identify the victim. In no time the youth was charred to death.Power supply was disconnected to the overhead lines to bring down the body, which was shifted to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar. “We are trying to trace the victim’s identity and his parents/relatives to help us ascertain what exactly led him to take the extreme step,” a police officer said.South Western Railway officials said the incident did not disrupt train schedules as it happened on a stabling line, where trains are taken for maintenance, and not the main line..