SATURDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2026

Unidentified man found dead along Sancoale railway track

Police suspect accidental death

Unidentified man found dead along Sancoale railway track

Vasco

An unidentified man, aged around 35, was found dead along the railway track at Sancoale on Sunday morning, with police suspecting that he may have been hit by a passing train while walking along or crossing the track.

According to Vasco Railway Police, information was received from SDH Chicalim at around 6.40 am that an unidentified man had been brought dead from the Sancoale railway track by a 108 ambulance.

During the preliminary enquiry, the deceased appeared to be a labourer. Police suspect that he may have died after being hit by a passing train while walking along or crossing the railway track. The exact circumstances leading to his death are yet to be ascertained.

Police conducted an inquest panchanama and subsequently preserved the body at SGDH Margao for further medico-legal

formalities.

Vasco Railway Police registered a case of unnatural death under Section 194 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

Further investigation is being conducted by PI Amarnath Passi of Vasco Railway Police Station under the supervision of Mormugao DySP SP Gurudas Kadam.


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