Woman jumps in front of moving train on DMRC’s Yellow Line, succumbs to injuries

According to DMRC, train services were impacted on the Yellow Line for around half an hour, from 11 am to 11:27 am

Published on: Jul 4, 2022, 16:14:56 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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A woman passenger on Monday morning allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train at the Jor Bagh Metro station of DMRC’s Yellow Line. She succumbed to her injuries on the way to the hospital, officials confirmed.

A train on the Delhi Metro’s Yellow Line. (HT File Photo)

The incident occurred around 10:50 am when she was spotted on the railway track near platform number one of the station. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), entrusted with security details across stations on the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) network, said their CCTV observer noticed the woman on camera and immediately rushed to the spot. However, a train was already approaching the station by the time he reached the spot.

“The CCTV observer rushed to the spot and tried to signal to the approaching train. The train operator was able to notice the observer from afar and applied emergency brakes, but by the time the train came to a halt, the woman was already hit,” a CISF official said.

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The CISF said that the shift in-charge and station controller rushed to the spot, while the Delhi Metro Rail Police (DMRP) at Dilli Haat–INA station was also informed. The woman was pulled out of the tracks with assistance from the housekeeping staff and rushed to the nearby Safdarjung hospital. “At the hospital, the woman was declared brought dead. We are trying to gather more information on the passenger,” the CISF said.

According to DMRC, train services were impacted on the Yellow Line for around half an hour, from 11 am to 11:27 am. “The train was on its way to HUDA City Centre and services were normalised at 11:27 am. According to initial information, the woman was around 40 years old,” a DMRC spokesperson said.

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Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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