Man commits suicide on metro tracks
20 March 2014 5:30 AM IST
Wednesday’s incident took place around 3 pm at the Shahdara metro station in east Delhi.
‘The man jumped in front of a metro train going towards Rithala in west Delhi. As soon as the train approached the Shahdara station, the man jumped on to the track,’ a metro official said. Due to the incident, train services between Dilshad Garden and Rithala was delayed for 20 minutes, he said.
Police said the man was identified as Kailash. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Metro officials said this was the second incident within two days. An unidentified man in his 30s also committed suicide at Noida Sector 18 station in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night.
‘The man jumped in front of a metro train going towards Rithala in west Delhi. As soon as the train approached the Shahdara station, the man jumped on to the track,’ a metro official said. Due to the incident, train services between Dilshad Garden and Rithala was delayed for 20 minutes, he said.
Police said the man was identified as Kailash. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Metro officials said this was the second incident within two days. An unidentified man in his 30s also committed suicide at Noida Sector 18 station in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night.
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