In two separate incidents at Delhi Metro stations, a 42-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at Ghitorni station on the Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line on Friday while in another incident, a 55-year-old man, who was suffering from throat cancer, allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train at Jhilmil Metro Station on the Delhi Metro’s Red line.
In first incident, the deceased has been identified as Nitin Chandok, a resident of Saket jumped on yellow line of Delhi Metro. Yellow Line connects Samaypur Badli in Delhi to HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon.
According to a senior police official, police received information about the incident at 11.55 am on Friday.
“The deceased used to work in a private organisation. The reason of the suicide is not known and no suicide note has been recovered from his possession,” said the senior police official.
“Inquest proceedings are on and the cause of suicide is not yet known to family too. Nitin had shifted to Gurgaon DLF Phase 2 from Saket with family some time back and runs a shop in Nehru Place along with his father and brother. He has a son and a daughter,” said a police official.
“Delay in services between Sultanpur and Huda City Centre due to a passenger on track at Ghitorni. Normal service on all other lines,” the DMRC tweeted soon after the incident. “The normal services were resumed after 10-15 minutes delay,” said DMRC officials said.
In another incident, a 55-year-old man, who was suffering from throat cancer, allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train at Jhilmil Metro Station on the Delhi Metro’s Red line. However, the driver applied breaks on time and the train stopped before hitting him. “A police control room (PCR) call regarding the incident was received at around 11:20 AM on Friday. The man, identified as Kishan Lal, is a resident of Nand Nagri. Lal is suffering from throat cancer for past six years,” said the senior police official.