Professor kills self on railway track

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Oct 05 2014 | 9:20 PM IST
A professor of a private educational institute allegedly committed suicide on a railway track near Secunderabad station today, police said.
Body of Raghvendra Guruprasad, (around 45), was found lying on railway tracks near Secunderabad railway station this morning, they said, adding that Guruprasad killed himself by laying his neck on the rail line.
Meanwhile, his two sons whom he had taken along with him from his estranged wife yesterday are missing from Malkajgiri area, police said, adding that it is not clear whether Guruprasad had taken them with him to the railway tracks.
Guruprasad and his wife were staying separately and he had been visiting his two sons once a week as per the direction of a local court, police inspector G Shekar Goud said.
"Yesterday also the professor came and took his two sons along with him. His body was (later) found on the tracks. Meanwhile, Guruprasad's wife approached Malkajgiri police complaining that her two sons went missing. Following a complaint by his wife we registered a missing case," Goud said.
Secunderabad GRP has booked a case of suicide.
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First Published: Oct 05 2014 | 9:20 PM IST

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