An engineering student committed suicide by coming under a train reportedly for scoring poor marks in some subjects in a recent examination.

According to police, Pasupati, 21, a fourth year engineering student in a private college, was depressed for the last few days as he had scored low marks in some subjects.

Some morning walkers today noticed the severed head and trunk of Pasupati besides railway track, just behind his house in Avaramalayam in the city and informed the police who retrieved the body and sent it for postmortem.

Further investigations are on.