Live! Kolkata: Girl jumps before Metro as lover commits suicide

September 12, 2013 01:23

A girl allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a speeding train in Metro Railway in Kolkata on Wednesday after hearing the news that her lover had jumped from the Howrah Bridge, the police said. She was admitted to a hospital near Kalighat after she sustained injuries when hit by the train in Kalighat metro station, the police said.

She took the extreme step Wednesday evening after hearing that her lover had jumped into the Hooghly river from Howrah Bridge following a quarrel with her over telephone, the police said.

The boy has been missing since jumping into the river on Wednesday and River Traffic Police personnel have been carrying out search and rescue operations, sources said.

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