An 18-year-old man jumped off the concourse of Ghatkopar metro station after he was found “tailgating” at the automatic fare collection gate and was being taken for questionning by the security personnel on Sunday.
The man, identified as Rajkumar, a native of Odisha, survived with a fractured knee and is recuperating at the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital in the suburb.
The distance between the concourse level and the ground is about 30 feet, a Mumbai Metro official said on Tuesday.
Explaining the incident, he said Rajkumar panicked as the automatic fare collection (AFC) gate at Ghatkopar metro station didn’t open after he inserted the token, following which the security personnel on duty caught him and were taking him for questionning, when he escaped and jumped off the concourse.
“The commuter had claimed he had boarded the metro from Sakinaka station. After getting down at Ghatkopar metro station, he inserted the electronic token in the AFC gate, but it didn’t open as it could not detect the token,” he said.