In yet another case of suicide reported at a Delhi Metro station, a 45-year-old woman was killed after she jumped in front of an oncoming train at the Jhandewalan Metro Station on Monday morning. It took sometime before the body was removed from the tracks and handed over to the Metro Police for investigation. It also impeded services on the Blue Line, the police said. The incident happened around 8.30 am. On the basis of photographs and a tattoo mark inscribed on the woman's right hand, she has been identified as Mira Devi, a resident of Ragubir Nagar, a police official said.
She had four children and was a housewife. Her husband dealt in sale of old clothes, police said. According to a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation official, the train was going towards Noida/Vaishali and services were disrupted for about 10-15 minutes. The body of the woman is shifted to Lady Harding Medical College. No foul play has come to notice, police said.