College student jumps in front of Metro train in Bengaluru, dies
BENGALURU: Metro Rail services were briefly disrupted after a 19-year-old college student died by allegedly jumping in front of a moving train that arrived at Attihuppe station here on Thursday, officials said.
Dhruv Thakkar, who hailed from Mumbai, was a first year student at the National Law School here, they said.
No suicide note was recovered, the police said, adding the reasons behind him taking the extreme step have to be ascertained.
According to the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the incident occurred at 2.10 pm.
Following the mishap, Metro services on the purple line were briefly disrupted with trains only being operated between Magadi Road and Whitefield.
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Services between Magadi Road and Challaghatta were also suspended.
However, later, the BMRCL said the body was taken by the police to hospital for a post-mortem and added that train operations resumed on the purple line after clearance by the police.
Police will also be scanning through CCTV footage to ascertain the exact sequence of events.
This is to inform that one person has jumped in front of the train at Attiguppe station at the 2.10 pm . Presently trains are running only between Magadi road to Whitefield Feild and no services between magadi road to Challaghatta . fKI
— ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ (@OfficialBMRCL) March 21, 2024
The body male aged around 19 years after mahazar taken to hospital for post-mortem by the police . Train operations have resumed on the purple line after clearance by the police .
— ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆಟ್ರೋ (@OfficialBMRCL) March 21, 2024
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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.
