Man lies on metro platform in Delhi, killed after train smashes head

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.