Services on the Delhi Metro Blue Line were disrupted on Friday (March 13) after a passenger was reported on the tracks at Uttam Nagar West metro station, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said in a post on X. Authorities confirmed that train movement on the Blue Line has been delayed, while services on all other Delhi Metro corridors are operating normally.
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The incident came days after a 17-year-old boy died after jumping in front of a metro train at Delhi’s Uttam Nagar East station on February 20. The boy was taking coaching classes and was said to have been upset over personal issues. Deputy commissioner of police Kushal Pal Singh said cops received information at 11:07am that a person had jumped in front of a metro train.
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Police said that upon reaching the spot, they found that the youth had jumped onto the track from Platform 1 of Uttam Nagar East Metro station and was subsequently run over by a train arriving from the Dwarka side.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the boy was a Class 12 student who was also attending coaching classes. According to police, he was reportedly distressed over personal issues.
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The victim as per a report by Hindustan Times, was the only child of his parents, and his father works as a bus driver. Authorities have initiated an inquiry into the incident, and further investigation is underway. Senior officials from the Metro unit also visited the spot to assess the situation.
