55 year old man commits suicide by jumping in front of metro train

Delhi | Wednesday | 11th September, 2019

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New Delhi: A 55-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train at Delhi Metro's Adarsh Nagar station on Wednesday, leading to a brief delay in services on Yellow Line, officials said. The incident took place around 2.45 pm while the train was going towards Huda City Centre. Officials said metro services were briefly affected due to incident between Samaypur Badli and Vishwavidyalaya stations. "A call was received around 3 pm that an unidentified man had jumped in front of a metro train at platform No 1 of the station. As part of an ongoing campaign by Delhi Metro to raise awareness about sound mental health, the authorities on Tuesday had installed a hoarding at the Patel Chowk metro museum to encourage people to brave through psychologically difficult period instead of giving up on life..