A couple was killed on the spot after being hit by an electric train while they were crossing the track near Chromepet railway station on Thursday evening.
The victims, B. Bhaskar (48) and Latha Bhaskar (44), belonged to Ramakrishna Puram in New Delhi. While Bhaskar was a senior officer at a leading textile company, Latha was employed in a software firm. They had come to Chennai on June 9 in connection with the wedding of Bhaskar's niece, scheduled to be held on Monday. They were staying at a relative's house in Nanganallur.
On Thursday, the couple had gone to their friends' and relatives' houses to distribute wedding invitation cards. At 7.45 p.m., they were hit by an electric train that had just left the Chromepet railway station.
The train was on its way to Tambaram from Chennai Beach.
The railway police said it was still not clear whether the victims were walking along the track or crossing it when the accident took place. They received information at 8.30 p.m. The police sent the bodies to the Tambaram Taluk Government Hospital at Chromepet. The bodies were handed over to the victims' relatives on Friday morning. The couple has two sons, the elder studying computer applications in Chennai, while their younger son is in studying in Class XII in New Delhi.
Youth hacked to death
A 23-year-old youth was hacked to death inside the panchayat television room at Othivakkam village near Tirupporur in Kancheepuram district on Thursday.
Police said V. Gopi of West Tambaram had gone to his uncle Dhanasekaran's house in Othivakkam. Some weeks ago, they had gone in a huge group from Othivakkam to Jeyamkondam in Ariyalur district to attend a wedding.
He had picked up a quarrel with Murugan, from Othivakkam, who was also part of the group.
On Thursday evening, Gopi and Jayaprakash, a relative, went inside the unused television room of the village panchayat, when he was surrounded by a 10-member gang who questioned Gopi for fighting with Murugan. They attacked him with knives and killed him. Jayaprakash, who tried to intervene, was also attacked and sustained injuries. Police are searching for the assailants.
