MYSORE: An engineering student of the city reportedly committed suicide by coming under a train, near here on Saturday.Avinash K, a fifth semester student of mechanical engineering at the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), was run over by a train near Jayanagar railway gate on Saturday afternoon. It is said that he committed suicide by lying over the railway track.Avinash, while leaving home at 8.45 am to attend an examination, sent an SMS to his elder brother Vijay, stating that he will commit suicide. Shocked at the message, Avinash’s parents, Krishnamurthy K and Sumathi, reached the spot, between Ashokapuram and Chamarajapuram, only to find their child’s body. It is learnt that he committed suicide just before his parents could reach the spot. The Nanjangud-Mysore train ran over him around 12.30 pm, sources said.Avinash and Vijay were chess players. Their father Krishnamurthy is an employee at the Rare Materials Plant (RMP) and a resident of RMP Quarters in Kuvempu Nagar, near here. According to Krishnamurthy’s statement to Railway Police, he did not find any reason for their son’s extreme step. Relatives and friends of Avinash, who gathered at the mortuary of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, where his body was transferred for post-mortem, said that he was good at studies and had obtained an engineering seat on merit.
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