Kolkata : Metro
service between Dum Dum and Maidan station were disrupted on Morning after a
22-years - women committed suicide at sovabazar sutanuti. The women was
later identified as Rimpa Das,a resident of Grish Avenue. The reasons behind
her taking this step could not be ascertained. She jumped in front of a Kavi
Nazrul - bond train at 7:40am. The motorman applied emergency brakes, but could
not stop the train on time. By the time it stopped, three compartments had
already passed over her. Commuters were evacuated and the train reversed to
recover her mutilated remains. The body was handed over to police around
8:15am. Normal services resumed around 8:17am,a senior Metro officer said. He
said all service between Dum Dum and Maidan had to be stopped as power in the
third line had to be switched off to retrieve the body. Normal services were
run between Maidan and Kavi Nazrul, though There have been 19 suicide attempts
on Metro tracks this year. While five persons were rescued ,the remaining lost
their lives. We have taken some measures to prevent suicides station staff keep
a lookout for people behaving strangely. Commuters are also forbidden from
getting too close to platform edges.
Police Report –
College student
Rimpa Das, a resident of Grish Avenue, had left her handbag on the
platform before jumping on the track. “Inside the bag was a piece of paper in
which the girl had scribbled her landline number and made a plea to convey the
news of her death to her parents,” said an officer.
The news reached the
girl’s family around 8.30am. “Rimpa as usual had left home around 7.10am for
her tuition class,” said Cousin Anju Kesh. “She was the only daughter of her
parents who wanted to marry her off quickly. But Rimpa wanted to complete her
studies first.”
Neighbors said Rimpa
had a relationship with one of her college friends but her family was against
the relationship. Family sources, however, denied knowledge about any such
affair.
