Woman commits suicide by jumping before a Metro train

New Delhi, July 18 (UNI) A woman commited suicide by jumping before a Metro train at at Chandni Chowk Metro Station this morning 25-year-old Paramjeet Kaur went to the rear end of the underground station, where passengers normally do not go, and jumped before a train running from Central Secretariat to Vishwa Vidyalaya at about 0920 hrs, Metro police said.

Preliminary investigations suggest that the incident was a case of suicide.

Paramjeet, resident of Ganesh Nagar in West Delhi, was missing from home since last night, police said.

Metro operations on the line were affected for 32 minutes and the trains were running on single line in the stretch between Rajiv Chowk and Kashmere Gate stations, Delhi Metro Rail Corp sources said.

Normal train services were restored at 0952 hours.

The DMRC had ordered an inquiry into the incident and the Director (Operations) and other senior officers had rushed to the spot.

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