Man takes own life by jumping before moving train

New Delhi: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train at a Metro station in northwest Delhi on Friday, following which services on the line were delayed briefly, officials said.

The deceased has been identified as Jitender Pandey, a native of Gopalganj in Bihar, police said. 

The incident took place at around 1 pm at GTB Nagar Metro Station of the busy Yellow Line that connects Samyapur Badli to Huda City Centre in Gurgaon, officials said. 

Pandey was standing on a platform and jumped before the approaching train, a senior police official said. 

He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.