Metro stations: A new suicide point

Metro rail services, which were started by the Metro man E Sreedharan to ensure an hassle-free commutation for the Delhiites has now emerged as the suicide point for the public.

Be it security lapse or mental stress of the people, but Metro station has so far claimed more than two lives. A 55-year-old man on Saturday attempted suicide by jumping in front of a Delhi Metro train at the INA station which was going towards Rajiv Chowk, officials said, in the third such incident in three days.

"The man jumped from the platform after which the driver applied emergency brakes. The incident took place at 12.11 p.m.," the Metro spokesperson said. The man was rushed to hospital.

A 28-year-old woman died Thursday after jumping off a Gurgaon Metro station. Another woman committed suicide by jumping off an elevated Metro station in west Delhi's Kirti Nagar.

Not just in Delhi, but the Kolkata metro station has also witnessed such incidents. On January 26, an unidentified man, aged about 55 years, jumped onto the tracks at the Central station.