Woman commits suicide by jumping in front of Metro

NEW DELHI: A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a running Metro train on Monday morning. The deceased, identified as Aisa Khan, a resident of Roshanara Garden in Delhi’s Shakti Nagar area. No suicide note was found from the lady’s possession. The incident led to suspension of Metro services between Samaypur Badli and Vishwavidyalaya on Yellow Line and commuters faced inconvenienced during peak morning hours.

The body was found on the tracks of the GTB Nagar Metro Station. The Azadpur Metro Police Station received information about the incident at 8:45 am. Khan, committed suicide by jumping in front of an approaching metro at the GTB Nagar Metro Station’s platform number 2, police said.

Aisa Khan, a resident of Roshanara Garden in Delhi’s Shakti Nagar area, was rushed to Bara Hindu Rao hospital after she was found on the tracks but was declared brought dead, police said, adding Khan reportedly died on the spot.

Following this commuters were greatly inconvenienced to reach their work places as Yellow line is one of the busiest lines. Passengers were stranded at various metro stations, including Vishwavidyalaya, GTB Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Jahangirpuri, Rohini Sector 18 and Samaypur Badli metro station.

The DMRC in a tweet said: “Delay in service between Samaypur Badli and Vishwavidyalaya on Yellow Line due to a passenger on track at GTB Nagar. Normal service on all other lines.”

The DMRC officials after a few minutes claimed that operations resumed normally on the Yellow line. No suicide note was found from the lady’s possession. However, one mobile number was recovered from her purse. Efforts are on to ascertain further details about the deceased, police said.