Chennai, February 26: A missing male computer engineer working at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research(IGCAR) at Kalpakkam near here was found dead near a railway track, police said today.
The body of 37-year old S Ananthanarayanan was found near the railway track between Vandalur and Guduvancherry section on February 15 itself–the day he was reported missing–but was identified only last night by his father-in-law, Kalpakkam police told.
The scientist was run over by a suburban train at about 11 on that day and his body was lying in Thambaram Government hospital mortuary since then, police said. Details are awaited on how the scientist came under a train.
Ananthanarayanan, employed with IGCAR since 1997, last attended duty on February 12, IGCAR sources said.
He was working on developing hospital Data Management System at IGCAR.
—Agencies