Man dies by suicide on railway tracks, sons found dead in parked car

Revenue official Ajay Dhakad died by suicide near Pipariya station, where his sons were later found dead in a locked car. Police are awaiting post-mortem reports as the circumstances and motive remain unclear.Revenue officer Ajay DhakadA revenue official named Ajay Dhakad died by suicide by jumping in front of a moving train in Madhya Pradesh's Narmadapuram district, while the bodies of his two young sons were later found inside a locked car parked at Pipariya railway station.The circumstances surrounding the children's deaths and the motive behind Dhakad's alleged suicide remain unclear. However, a report by the news agency PTI, which cited Ajay’s brother Pratap Singh Dhakad, said that Dhakad brought his two children to Pipariya on the pretext of taking them to watch a film.According to senior cop Ashish Kumar Pawar, Dhakad, who worked as a patwari (revenue official) at Udaipura, jumped in front of the Sanghamitra Express near Pipariya railway station at around 2.30 pm on Sunday.The impact severed his head from his body, and railway police collected his remains from the tracks, Pawar told news agency PTI. Dhakad’s identity was established through an Aadhaar card that the investigators found from his documents.WHAT DO THE POLICE SAY ABOUT THE DEATHS?As per the police’s account, Ajay first parked the car at the station before heading towards the railway tracks. The police searched the car after learning about the incident. Pawar said the children's bodies were found between the seats and covered with a bedsheet. A preliminary examination revealed marks on their necks consistent with strangulation, he said.Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths and are awaiting the post-mortem reports to establish the cause of death.- Ends