Bodies of man, son found on railway track; suicide suspected

The bodies of a 36-year- old man and his minor son were found on a railway track here in the wee hours today, the police said.

A official at the Varangaon police station said they suspect that the man along with his son committed suicide over domestic issues.

A rail staffer spotted the bodies of Sandeep Pandharinath Bavaskar and his son Sanket Sandeep Bavaskar (8), residents of Pimpalgaon village in Bhusawal tehsil, between Achegaon and Varangaon railway stations around 3 am today and informed the police.

Later, the police reached the spot and sent the bodies for postmortem.

Some residents of Pimpalgaon village informed the police that Sandeep Bavaskar and his family members had frequent domestic quarrels which may have driven him to take the extreme step, the official said.

The police registered a case and was further investigating, he added.