This Article is From Feb 26, 2010

Missing scientist found dead

Chennai: The body of a missing computer engineer of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam near Chennai has been found, police said on Friday.

The body of 37-year old S Ananthanarayanan was found near the railway track between Vandalur and Guduvancherry section on February 15, the day he went missing, but was identified only on Thursday night by his father-in-law, Kalpakkam police said.

He was run over by a suburban train at about 11 am on the same day when he was reported missing and the body was lying in Thambaram Government hospital mortuary since then, they said.

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.

According to IGCAR sources, he was not involved in any sensitive work and not privy to classified information.


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