A person was captured on video leaping from the elevated Mayur Vihar 1 Metro station, on to the street under, on Monday afternoon. The person, whom the police recognized as Vikram Sharma (45) — a resident of Katwaria Sarai, who works in a Gurgaon-based non-public telecommunications firm – has been hospitalised.
The video, which has been shared broadly on social media, reveals Sharma climbing down the platform’s guardrails and scaling the wall under earlier than leaping in direction of the street under. The police mentioned they obtained a name from the station controller saying {that a} man was hanging over the platform’s aspect within the station for about half an hour.
Personnel from the Central Industrial Safety Power (CISF), Police Management Room and Fireplace Brigade tried to rescue Sharma with a hydraulic crane, police mentioned. “The CISF personnel additionally tried to rescue him with the assistance of ropes. Lots of effort was made to avoid wasting the person and persuade him to not bounce, however he didn’t hear,” an officer mentioned.
After he jumped, Sharma was taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital, mentioned Delhi Metro officers. He was later shifted to Guru Tegh Bahadur hospital for additional remedy.
“A cellphone, a paper with contact numbers written on it, some money and a Metro card had been discovered on him,” the officer mentioned, including his household has been knowledgeable of the incident. The motive behind Sharma’s actions is being investigated, police mentioned.
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