Two nursing students hit by Vande Bharat Express train on railway track in Bengaluru

Two nursing students from Kerala were killed aft being tally implicit by a Vande Bharat Express bid adjacent Chikkabanavara Railway Station connected the outskirts of Bengaluru connected November 23.

The deceased person been identified arsenic Sterin Elza Shaji, 19, and Justin Joseph, 20. Both were first-year BSc nursing students astatine a backstage institute successful Bengaluru, and were staying successful a paying impermanent accommodation.

According to Railway Police, the incidental occurred astir 2.35 p.m. erstwhile the Belagavi-bound Vande Bharat Express was passing done Chikkabanavara.

A probe revealed that the duo came nether the train. Their bodies were recovered mangled connected the tracks. Police are yet to ascertain whether it is simply a lawsuit mishap oregon suicide. The constabulary are verifying the CCTV camera footage portion checking with the deceased’s household and friends to ascertain the cause.

The Bengaluru Rural Railway Police Station has filed an Unnatural Death Report (UDR).