Suspecting wife’s infidelity, Bihar man ends life with four children under train
Faridabad (PTI): A 45-year old man along with his four children died by suicide by jumping in front of a train in Faridabad on Tuesday, police said.
All five died on the spot, they said.
According to the police, Manoj Mahato (45), a native of Bihar, had some dispute with his wife Priya. An argument broke out between the couple on Tuesday morning after which the man left the house saying that he was taking their four children to a park.
Before the act, he had given cold drinks and chips to the children. When the train arrived, the children tried to escape, but the man had clutched them in his arms, they said.
The police said that the incident took place around 12:55 pm when the Golden Temple Express train was about to reach Ballabgarh station.
About a kilometer before the station, the man was seen walking along the railway track carrying two children on his shoulders and holding the hands of two others, they said.
The loco pilot kept blowing the horn from a distance but the man did not move from the track. When the train came close to them, he jumped in front of the train with the children -- Pawan (10), Karu (9), Murli (5) and Chotu (3).
After getting information about this incident, a police team reached the spot and removed the bodies from the track.
A note was found in Mahato’s pocket that had his wife’s number in it.
"Mahato suspected that his wife was unfaithful, which could be the reason behind the extreme step,” Inspector Rajpal, SHO of GRP said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
