Man jumps in front of train at Mandi House metro station

New Delhi: A man, aged around 35, died after allegedly jumping in front of a moving train at the Mandi House metro station on Monday evening, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials said.

The train was headed towards Vaishali when the man jumped in front of it around 8.30 pm. He was rushed to LNJP hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said.

The deceased is yet to be identified.

The metro services on the Blue line were briefly delayed, the DMRC officials said.

It is not the first such incident happened as recently a man in his 60s allegedly committed suicide on Saturday by jumping in front of a moving train at the Tilak Nagar station, police said.

In another case, a third year MBBS student allegedly committed suicide inside GTB hospital, police said.

Police identified the deceased as Ashish Chaudhary, who originally belongs to Jaipur. He committed suicide by hanging himself inside his hostel room. No suicide note was found from the spot.