NEW DELHI: A 21-year-old woman attempted suicide by jumping in front of a Delhi Metro train on Tuesday, officials said.
personnel of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) pulled the woman out from under the train after the driver applied emergency brakes at Janakpuri West station on the Blue Line.
A video of the incident available on social media shows a constable taking off his combat uniform shirt to cover the woman whose clothes were torn due to the impact of the incident.
A senior CISF official said that the incident took place at 12.10 pm.
“A rapid response team of CISF was carrying out regular anti-sabotage checks at platform number two,” he said.
“The team members rushed to rescue the woman who jumped in front of the train,” the official said. He said the injured woman was taken to a nearby hospital.
“A precious life can be saved as CISF team of Sub Inspectors Prahalad Singh Devenda, Constables Rajinder Kumar, Naba Kishore Nayak and Kushal Pathak reacted promptly,” the officer said.
personnel of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) pulled the woman out from under the train after the driver applied emergency brakes at Janakpuri West station on the Blue Line.
A video of the incident available on social media shows a constable taking off his combat uniform shirt to cover the woman whose clothes were torn due to the impact of the incident.
A senior CISF official said that the incident took place at 12.10 pm.
“A rapid response team of CISF was carrying out regular anti-sabotage checks at platform number two,” he said.
“The team members rushed to rescue the woman who jumped in front of the train,” the official said. He said the injured woman was taken to a nearby hospital.
“A precious life can be saved as CISF team of Sub Inspectors Prahalad Singh Devenda, Constables Rajinder Kumar, Naba Kishore Nayak and Kushal Pathak reacted promptly,” the officer said.
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