MCD staffer commits suicide by jumping on to Metro track

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IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : May 01 2019 | 11:20 PM IST

A man working as a Sanitary Inspector with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping in front of a Metro train in Dwarka, said the police.

The police said the incident occurred at 10.18 a.m. when the victim, later identified as Anil Kumar, jumped on the tracks at platform number 1 at the Dwarka Sector-9 Metro Station.

"A resident of Palam Village, Anil Kumar was admitted with critical injuries in a nearby hospital where he is succumbed to his injuries in the evening ", the Delhi Police Additional PRO Anil Mittal told reporters.

Kumar was in depression for the last few days, he added.

--IANS

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First Published: May 01 2019 | 11:12 PM IST

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