A 31-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping in front of the Metro train at Rajouri Garden Metro station on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Omvati. According to the police, the incident took place around 10.13 am when Omvati jumped in front of a train moving towards Vaishali.
The incident caused a delay of around half-an-hour in Metro operations. Services were resumed around 11.45 am. Omwati was a resident of Raghuveer Nagar area where she lived with her father and two brothers. She was working as a stenographer at a private firm.
“As soon as she jumped from the platform, the driver applied emergency brakes. She was stuck in the train’s frame and sustained grievous injuries. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead,” said a police official. A suicide note was recovered from her possession in which she did not blame anyone for her action.