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Delhi Teen Dies After Jumping in Front of Metro Train at Uttam Nagar East

Police say a preliminary inquiry points to personal distress.

Overview

  • Police received an alert at 11:07 am from the station controller after a person jumped onto the tracks from Platform 1.
  • The teenager was struck by a train arriving from the Dwarka side, and metro staff removed the body from the track.
  • The victim was identified as 17-year-old Ashwini Dagar of Najafgarh, an only child who had finished Class 12 and was attending coaching classes; his father is a contractual DTC driver.
  • The body was sent to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for post-mortem, and inquest proceedings under BNSS Section 194 are underway.
  • Blue Line services were briefly disrupted and later restored, senior metro officers visited the site, and police say the investigation continues.