Chhattisgarh minister's relative found dead near rail tracks; BJP seeks probe
August 12, 2022 22:10
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Chhattisgarh minister TS Singh Deo's relative Veerbhadra Pratap Singh (42), a Janpad panchayat representative, was found dead near railway tracks in Bilaspur district on Friday with the police suspecting he might have fallen off accidentally from the Durg-Ambikapur Express train in which he was travelling.
The body of Singh (42), vice-president of the Lundra Janpad Panchayat in Surguja district, was found near tracks between Salka and Belgahna railway stations under the Kota police station area in the morning, the police said.
Singh alias Sachin Baba, a relative of state's health minister TS Singh Deo, belonged to the Dhaulpur unit of the erstwhile Surguja royal family.
The body was spotted by railway personnel who then informed the police, said Parul Mathur, Bilaspur senior superintendent of police.
After identifying the body, his family members were informed and a forensic team was sent to the spot for investigation, she said.
He was travelling to Ambikapur from Raipur by Durg-Ambikapur Express on Thursday night and prima facie it seems he fell accidentally from the moving train and died of injuries, Mathur said, adding further investigation was underway.
The body was handed over to his relatives after postmortem, she added. -- PTI
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