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ATM security guard dies after reportedly falling from train near Srikakulam
Vankala Ramarao, a 40-year-old ATM security guard from Amadalavalasa in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, was found dead near railway tracks at Penubarthi.
Police said he had gone to Visakhapatnam on personal business and was returning by train when he reportedly fell from it.
His family identified his body, which was taken to Srikakulam Government General Hospital for a post-mortem.
Railway police are trying to establish which train he was on and when the incident happened.
The area had also been the site of another body recovery three days earlier.
Police said that case, involving a woman from Assam, was separate and happened at a different time.
A 40-year-old ATM security guard died after reportedly falling from a moving train near Srikakulam.
His body was found near Penubarthi, between Ponduru and Srikakulam railway stations.
Police identified him as Vankala Ramarao, from Amadalavalasa in Srikakulam district.
He had travelled to Visakhapatnam on personal business and was returning by train.
Government Railway Police officials were investigating and seeking details about the train and when the incident occurred.
- Who
- Vankala Ramarao, 40, an ATM security guard from Amadalavalasa.
- What
- He died after reportedly falling from a moving train.
- When
- The exact time was not stated; he had gone to Visakhapatnam two days before the report.
- Where
- Near Penubarthi, between Ponduru and Srikakulam railway stations.
- Why
- He was reportedly returning by train from Visakhapatnam after personal business; the circumstances of his fall were not established.
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Ramarao went to Visakhapatnam on personal business.
The Hindu reported that his body had been found near Penubarthi and that police were seeking information about the train and incident time.
- Deceased
- Vankala Ramarao, 40
- Occupation
- Security guard at an ATM kiosk in Korlakota
- Body found
- Near Penubarthi, between Ponduru and Srikakulam stations
- Home district
- Srikakulam
- Investigation
- Police were seeking the train’s name, number and the time of the incident
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