Bengaluru, Dec 19: A young software engineer, who had gone to Carmelaram railway station, east Bengaluru, to see off his home-bound parents, was crushed to death after he jumped off the train when it started moving.
The victim’s father too sustained injuries as he jumped out on noticing his son was sucked under the train. He has been admitted to a private hospital.
The deceased has been identified as V Vikram, 28, son of Vijayan, a native of Palakkad in Kerala. He came to Bengaluru two years ago.
The train had pulled in at around 8.45 pm on Monday. While Vikram was helping with his parents’ luggage inside the compartment, the train suddenly started moving.
An anxious Vikram jumped from the moving train. He slipped and fell in the gap between the train and the platform. Within seconds, he was run over. His father who noticed it tried to rescue him, but, he too, fell onto the platform.
Body unattended for 3 hours
Family members said that for nearly three hours Vikram’s body was on the tracks, and the concerned railway officials did not show any interest in recovering the body.
Later, when the police arrived at the scene, they shifted Vikram’s body to the Bowring hospital.
After the autopsy, the body was handed over to the relatives. Since his father too was in the hospital, Vikram’s last rites were conducted in the city itself.
Shafeek, a family friend of Vikram, said that at small stations trains halt just for two minutes. “His parents were aged and they could not carry their luggage inside the train, so, he boarded the train, and within no time the train started moving. There should be an announcement in each station or signal before the train starts moving, like in the metro. There was even a bigger gap between the train and the platform, resulting in the mishap.”
He further added that Vikram’s body was left unattended for nearly 3 hours on the tracks. His mother, Vijaya Kumari, was inconsolable at the scene. The Baiyappanahalli railway police came very late to the spot, said Shafeek.
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