03-29-2005, 06:22 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Van carrying Jayendra Saraswathi narrowly misses being hit by train[/b]
Chennai, March. 29 (PTI): The Sankaracharya of Kanchi Mutt, Jayendra Saraswathi, had a brush with death when the vehicle carrying him crossed an unmanned level crossing near Arni, about 130km from here, just a few seconds before a passenger train passed on the track.
The incident occurred around 7.30 pm yesterday <b>when the van carrying the Seer moved across the unmanned level crossing at Pinvalathur in Arni taluk</b>. The Vellore-Villupuram passenger train passed on the track just 15-20 seconds after the Seer's vehicle had crossed.
Jayendra, the main accused in Sankaraman murder case, was in Arni area visiting temples and performing poojas.
<b>The Southern Railway has instituted a probe into the incident, Railway and Police sources said here today</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Chennai, March. 29 (PTI): The Sankaracharya of Kanchi Mutt, Jayendra Saraswathi, had a brush with death when the vehicle carrying him crossed an unmanned level crossing near Arni, about 130km from here, just a few seconds before a passenger train passed on the track.
The incident occurred around 7.30 pm yesterday <b>when the van carrying the Seer moved across the unmanned level crossing at Pinvalathur in Arni taluk</b>. The Vellore-Villupuram passenger train passed on the track just 15-20 seconds after the Seer's vehicle had crossed.
Jayendra, the main accused in Sankaraman murder case, was in Arni area visiting temples and performing poojas.
<b>The Southern Railway has instituted a probe into the incident, Railway and Police sources said here today</b>.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->