In a tragic incident one middle aged man was mowed down by a speeding local train at Shivpur-Buddhimangal area in Belonia to Sabroom railway track under South Tripura district on Sunday.

Police sources said that the deceased man was identified as Jatanjoy Tripura (50) and they recovered his body into many pieces and sent it to the hospital morgue for autopsy. Police personnel from Government Railway Police (GRP) of Belonia added that they lodged an unnatural death (UD) case and started investigation whether the incident was suicide attempt or an accident.

Family sources said that  Jatanjoy Tripura had suffering from mental distress and he had committed suicide due to his mental suffering.

Local sources also said that the deceased man was not in stable condition and he jumped before a speeding Agartala-Sabroom local train passed through the track of Shivpur-Buddhimangal area and he was mowed down by the train within seconds and cut his body into pieces.