NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after jumping onto the train tracks at Uttam Nagar East Metro Station on Tuesday, police said. This marks the second suicide at Uttam Nagar East Metro Station in the past five days.
According to an official release issued by Kushal Pal Singh, DCP (Metro), information regarding the incident was received at 10:12 am. “Information was received from controller Uttam Nagar East Metro Station vide DD No. 14A at 1012 hrs regarding jumping of one person on the Metro track, ” the officer stated.
Police personnel rushed to the spot and found that the man had allegedly jumped onto the tracks from the platform of Uttam Nagar East Metro Station. “On reaching the spot it was revealed that one person had committed suicide by getting down on track from platform of Uttam Nagar East Metro Station. The body was extracted from the track, ” the release said.