Former Indian footballer Sathyan killed in mishap

Chennai, Jul 18 (UNI) Former India football captain V P Sathyan died here today after being run over by a train.

Police said, the 35 year-old Sathyan, who originally hails from Kerala, was run over by the Kanyakumari-Chennai Egmore Express at the suburban Pallavaram railway station.

Sathyan, a talented deep defender, who was also the captain of the Indian team some years ago, was crossing the track without knowing that the speeding train was approaching.

The train suffered a detention of 15 minutes, following the mishap.

Police removed the Sathyan's body to the government hospital in the nearby suburb Chrompet for post-mortem.

Police are investigating whether it was a case of accident or suicide.

Sathyan was employed with the Indian bank here. He was also serving as the coach of the Bank's football team.

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