NEW DELHI: In a suspected suicide bid, a man in his early 20s died after an approaching train smashed his head while he lay on the platform at
New Ashok Nagar metro station here on Tuesday, police said.
The man, identified as Amit Soni, a resident of
Gwalior in
Madhya Pradesh, laid down on the platform, with his head and shoulders sticking out towards the track, when he saw the train approaching, they said.
The train hit his head and he sustained serious injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, the police said, adding that no suicide note was recovered.
Soni's family was being informed and inquest proceedings were on, they said.