Guwahati, July 25 -- Two men were found dead on the railway tracks near Borgaon railway gate in Assam's Dhemaji district early Friday morning, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Uttam Sonowal, 27, and Amit Sonowal, 28, both residents of a nearby village. Their bodies were recovered by the Government Railway Police (GRP) around 4 am, a few kilometres from the Dhemaji Railway Station.

Police are investigating whether the two were hit by a train or if their bodies were placed on the tracks after death. "It is being investigated whether they were walking on the tracks or if the bodies were dumped. All angles are being probed," a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official said.

Dhemaji Superintendent of Police Hitesh Chandra R...