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The new year start on a bad note for a 40-year-old Armed Reserve
constable who received a call from the student affairs staff of the
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur saying that his 20-year-old
son G Sai Kumar Reddy, a student of second-year B.Tech course in
material science and metallurgical engineering, died after being hit by a
train.The grief-stricken father, G Srinivasa Reddy, who visited
Kanpur on Thursday to receive his son’s body, told Express over phone
that he wanted to receive his son who was supposed to arrive at Ongole
for Sankranti. ‘’My son was brilliant and had secured fifth rank
in EAMCET and was selected for BITS, Pilani and NIT, Warangal in EEE
stream. He also got admission to IIT-Kanpur. The new year brought me bad
luck,” he said. IIT-Kanpur campus authorities confirmed that Sai
Kumar participated in the new year celebrations held on the campus.
Later, he went out. He was knocked down by train when he was walking
towards a dhabha near the second exit gate. As the accident took place
at midnight, no one noticed it then and it came to light on the
following day.IIT-Kanpur student welfare dean Prof AK Ghosh told Express over phone that Reddy was a meritorious student.Kalyanpur police of Kanpur told the campus authorities that it prima facie appeared that the student was run over by the train.The
railway police found a mobile phone near the mutilated body and the
call data provided some clues on the identity of the body. It is learnt
that Sai Kumar Reddy had reserved tickets to his native place for
Sankranti vacation. A 20-year-old Telugu student of the Indian Institute of
Technology-Kanpur died on the spot after hitting a moving train near IIT
campus in Kanpur on December 31 night. The accident took place when the
victim was reportedly walking towards a dhaba across railway tacks.The
deceased was identified as G Sai Kumar Reddy, second year B Tech
student pursuing Material Science and Metallurgical Engineering, native
of Ankampalem village of Ardhaveedu mandal in Prakasam district. His
father G Srinivasa Reddy is an Armed Reserve (AR) constable working in
bomb disposal squad in Ongole.The body of the student was found
on railway tracks near the campus on the Kanpur-Farrukhabad railway line
on Wednesday morning. A probe is being conducted to ascertain whether
it was a case of suicide or accident, officials said. According to the
postmortem report, the body was hit by a heavy object, due to which it
is assumed that he might have been hit by a train accidentally. IIT-Kanpur
student welfare Dean Prof A K Ghosh ruled out reports that he was
depressed and may have committed suicide. The victim was an average
student and was never involved in any conflicts with other students.‘’We
are investigating it. A four-member panel has been formed by the
institute, to look into the matter. It will submit a report within seven
days,” he said. Parents of the victim reached Kanpur on Thursday. The
Kanpur police handed over the body of victim to his parents. The
victim’s father told Express from Kanpur that they have taken the body
after postmortem and will leave to their native place. The final rites
of the victim would be held at Ankampalem on Friday.
By Mouli Mareedu
moulimareedu@gmail.com
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