**Two trains ran over a man in the Indian city of Delhi in quick succession as his body lay on the tracks.**The shocking incident has prompted the railway ministry to order a probe into how the second train was allowed entry on the line where the man’s body lay.
Mahesh Kumar, 50, was run over by a train at the Old Delhi station on Thursday morning.
Ten minutes after Mr Kumar’s body was discovered, another train ran over him. His body was not removed for an hour.
Senior railway public relations official Anant Swaroop told the BBC that the body of Mahesh Kumar, 50, a railways employee, was found on the tracks at the station.
Investigation delay
The police are investigating whether Mr Kumar killed himself or it was an accident. “We are getting reports that Mr Kumar had been depressed of late,” Mr Swaroop said.
He said a second train entered the same track, 10 minutes after Mr Kumar’s body was discovered, and ran over his body.
The police took nearly an hour to pick up the body from the track after completing their investigation.
Some reports said that the body was not removed because of differences between two wings of the railway police.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has a mandate to protect railway properties, while the state government-run Government Railway Police (GRP) is tasked with checking crime in the stations and around the tracks.
The police in India often delay taking away bodies and taking up criminal cases because of differences between police stations and the two wings’ jurisdiction.
Hundreds of people die on the tracks of India’s vast railway network every year. Many are knocked down while crossing the tracks, while others kill themselves.
The Indian railway carries many millions of people daily, but has a poor safety record.