5 suicide cases on Metro in Sept; DMRC running ‘#Nevergiveup’

NEW DELHI : From young to old, at least eight cases of suicides at Delhi Metro stations have been reported in the past five months, with five of these occurring in September alone.

Besides, seven other people attempted suicide between April and October 9, some of whom were battling depression.

On World Mental Health Day on Thursday, doctors said many people choose getting hit by metro trains to kill themselves as it allows them to die with “minimal pain” and the “chances of survivability is almost none”.

According to the WHO website, every 40 seconds someone loses their life to suicide, and so the theme this year is “working together to prevent suicide”.

One of the first suicide cases was reported on May 1 when a civic agency worker allegedly killed himself by jumping in front of a metro train at the Dwarka Sector 9 station on the Blue Line.

In June, a 23-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment for depression for the last two years, had allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving Delhi Metro train at the Civil Lines station here, according to police.

In the first week of August, three suicide attempts were reported by police, including by a mentally unstable 31-year-old woman at the Inderlok metro station.

However, as per recorded cases, September saw the maximum cases of suicide, three in the first week and rest two on September 11 and 16.

According to Dr Rajeev Mehta, Consultant Psychiatrist at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, impulsive suicides are “only about five per cent” and the rest are planned by the person committing it after contemplating it over a period of time.

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