Puttur: The body of an unidentified man was found on the railway tracks near Harady in Puttur on Friday night.

Locals who noticed the body near the tracks immediately informed the police. Upon receiving the information, the Puttur police arrived at the scene and conducted an inspection.

Police suspect that the man may have died after being hit by a train. However, the exact cause of death will be confirmed after further investigation.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be established. The body has been shifted for postmortem examination.

A case has been registered, and further inquiry is under way.

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Nashik (PTI): Nine members of a family, including six children, were killed after their car fell into a well in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Saturday.

The accident occurred in the Shivaji Nagar area of Dindori town around 10 pm on Friday, an official said.

The victims were heading home after attending a function at a banquet hall in the area when their car fell into a well near the venue, he said.

Personnel from the local police and emergency services arrived at the scene and retrieved the car and its occupants with the help of two cranes and swimmers around midnight.

The victims were members of the Dargude family from Indore village in Dindori taluka, the official said.

According to the police, the deceased were identified as Sunil Dattu Dargude (32), his wife Reshma, Asha Anil Dargude (32), and six children from the family, five girls in the age group of seven to 14 years and an 11-year-old boy.

Their bodies were brought to the government hospital in Dindori, the official said, adding that a case has been registered and a probe is underway to ascertain the cause of the accident.