Three crushed under train near Bangalore

Three persons including a 12-year-old girl were crushed under the wheels of Chennai-bound Sanghamitra Express at Mahadevapura on the outskirts of Bangalore early yesterday morning.

Police said a man, a woman and the girl had committed suicide by jumping in front of the speeding train around 6 am on Thursday. Though the dead man has been identified as Ramaiah, a 50-year-old construction worker residing in Narayanapura village on the outskirts of Bangalore, his relationship with the dead woman Gayathri has not been established.

“It appears to be a suicide pact”, a senior police official said adding that the trio had laid across the tracks to end their lives.

Police said Ramaiah, who stays with his wife in his house in Narayanapura, had not returned home for the last seven days. The police is suspecting domestic turmoil to be reason behind Ramaiah taking the extreme step with Gayathri and the 12-year-old girl.