Gurgaon techie slits throat of colleague, later found dead on railway tracks
A software engineer in Gurgaon allegedly murdered his female colleague before dying by suicide on nearby railway tracks. Police are currently investigating the sequence of events using forensic evidence and digital records.
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This incident highlights issues regarding workplace safety and domestic violence within India's growing IT sector.
GURGAON: A 25-year-old software engineer allegedly killed his colleague by slitting her throat before dying by suicide on the railway tracks near Gurgaon railway station, police said.The two had been working at the same IT company in Sector 59 for the past year. The man’s body was found on the tracks around 1.30pm on Saturday. The death was initially treated as an accident, and the Govt Railway Police (GRP) began proceedings to establish his identity.Using documents recovered from the body, police identified him and informed his family in Chhattisgarh. His relatives reached the city on Sunday to identify the body and complete postmortem formalities, still believing he had died in a railway accident.“After the identification, we requested to visit the spot where the body was found.
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