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Delhi: Woman Ends Life By Jumping In Front Of Moving Metro At Jor Bagh Station Of Yellow Line

The incident occurred at the Jor Bagh metro station, causing a temporary disruption in service on a part of the corridor.

A lady passenger reportedly committed suicide on Monday by jumping in front of a moving train and being hit at a station on the Delhi Metro's Yellow Line, according to the police, news agency PTI reported.

The incident occurred at the Jor Bagh metro station, causing a temporary disruption in service on a part of the corridor.

The train was heading towards HUDA City Centre when she leaped off the platform and was hit, according to authorities.

Alerting the commuters at 11:20 am, DMRC on his official Twitter handle writes, "Yellow Line Update Delay in services from Central Secretariat to Green Park due to a passenger on track at Jor Bagh. Normal service on all other lines."

Around 11:30 a.m., the DMRC tweeted that normal services had been restored.

According to police, an unnamed woman in her 50s wearing'salwar-kameez' leaped in front of a speeding metro train and suffered a head injury. She was immediately transferred to Safdarjung Hospital by CATS ambulance, where she was found dead, they added. There was no suicide note found on her. As a result, the cause for her action remains unknown, according to a senior police official.

He stated that the body had been held in a morgue and that a post-mortem will be performed after her identification was determined.

Samaypur Badli in Delhi and HUDA City Centre in Gurgaon are linked by the Yellow Line.

(With Inputs From PTI)

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