The body of Joint Commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Eastern Range, B.E. Govindaraju (58) was identified on Saturday morning. The body was found on the railway track in Hegde colony in Tumakuru city on Friday.
The police said that the people of the area informed the Railway police about the body at around 6.30 a.m. on Friday. The Railway police took the unidentified body and sent it to the mortuary at the Tumakuru District Government Hospital.
Around 10.30 a.m., his relatives came and identified the body. Mr. Govindaraju was working as Additional Director at APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) at Bengaluru and was on deputation at BBMP. After the post mortem, the body was handed over to Mr. Govindaraju’s relatives.