Bantwal: Youth suffering from illness commits suicide on railway track
Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal
Bantwal, Mar 3: A youth who was suffering from illness allegedly committed suicide on the railway track at Kodaje near Mani here on Sunday March 3.
The deceased has been identified as Sampath Rai (23), son of Vaman Shetty, a resident of Sagu in Mani.
Sampath was employee of a company in Mangalore. It is said that he was lately suffering from a heart ailment and had even undergone surgery.
Sources said that on Sunday he jumped in front of a train moving from Mangalore towards Puttur and died immediately.
Vittal police led by inspector Madhava Kudlu examined the body and found a death note written in English in Sampath's pocket.
In the note, Sampath stated that he had committed suicide for personal reasons, and that nobody should be held responsible for his death.
The body's identity was determined based on the information obtained from his mobile phone which was lying near the track.
Railway police officer T Sanjeeva Naik and other personnel visited the spot and registered a case.