CANACONA
A 27-year-old man was found dead on the Konkan Railway tracks near Talpona Bridge in Canacona.
According to sources, Umesh Laxman Lamani (27) is believed to have been hit by a moving train and Konkan Railway Police sent the body to the CHC hospital at Chaudi, where many family members and relatives of the deceased had assembled.
The deceased, who is survived by his wife and their 4-month-old child, was known to collect plastic bottles, discarded iron materials and other waste in and around Canacona.
A Konkan Railway Police team comprising PSI Pritesh Govekar, Nilesh Sawant and Kuldeep Gaonkar took the body in their custody and sent it to the District Hospital at Margao.
